Shuaiyu XUE, Chong ZHOU, Yang ZOU, Hongjie XU. Natural circulation characteristics of main loop after shutdown of liquid-fuel molten salt reactor[J]. NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, 2024, 47(7): 070604

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Fig. 1. Schematic of liquid-fuel molten salt reactor

Fig. 2. Diagram of passive residual heat-removal system for liquid-fuel molten salt reactor

Fig. 3. Natural circulation model for the main loop

Fig. 4. Coordinate model for natural circulation loop

Fig. 5. Schematic of CIET1.0 loop

Fig. 6. Temperature distribution (a) and flow rate (b) of natural circulation loop (not considering decay heat)

Fig. 7. Temperature distribution (a) and flow rate (b) of natural circulation loop (considering decay heat)

Fig. 8. Effect of natural circulation loop on physical properties (a) Without decay heat, (b) With decay heat

Fig. 9. Effect of natural circulation loop on structural parameters (a) Without decay heat, (b) With decay heat

Fig. 10. Effect of natural circulation loop on local drag coefficient K (a) Without decay heat, (b) With decay heat
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Table 1. Parameters of natural circulation circuit structure
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Table 2. Physical parameters of molten salt
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Table 3. Physical parameters of dowtherm A
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Table 4. Structural parameters of DRACS[17]
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Table 5. CIET1.0 experimental results
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Table 6. Program verification results

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