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Title: A two-dimensional, finite-difference model of the oxidation of a uranium carbide fuel pellet

Journal Article · · AIP Conference Proceedings
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4938974· OSTI ID:22499194
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  1. School of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT (United Kingdom)

The oxidation of spent uranium carbide fuel, a candidate fuel for Generation IV nuclear reactors, is an important process in its potential reprocessing cycle. However, the oxidation of uranium carbide in air is highly exothermic. A model has therefore been developed to predict the temperature rise, as well as other useful information such as reaction completion times, under different reaction conditions in order to help in deriving safe oxidation conditions. Finite difference-methods are used to model the heat and mass transfer processes occurring during the reaction in two dimensions and are coupled to kinetics found in the literature.

OSTI ID:
22499194
Journal Information:
AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1702, Issue 1; Conference: ICCMSE 2015: International conference of computational methods in sciences and engineering 2015, Athens (Greece), 20-23 Mar 2015; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English