Pool boiling critical heat flux studies of accident tolerant fuel cladding materials
Abstract
Pool boiling experiments have been performed at atmospheric pressure on potential accident tolerant fuel (ATF) cladding materials (Zirlo®, Cr coated Zirlo®, FeCrAl coated Zirlo®, and monolithic SiC) to evaluate the Critical Heat Flux (CHF) points. Corrosion resistant coatings of Cr and FeCrAl alloy were deposited on flat Zirlo® samples using cold spray technology. The as-prepared samples after uniform surface polishing were subjected to autoclave tests at 360 °C water and 18.6 MPa for 360 h to simulate prototypic corrosion of the ATF cladding materials in LWR normal operation. Surface characteristics potentially influencing CHF such as surface morphology, roughness, static contact angle, and surface chemistry were characterized using a suite of characterization methods including scanning electron microscopy, 3D optical profilometry, optical contact angle measurements, and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Thermo-physical properties of the samples such as density, thermal conductivity, and heat capacity were measured by differential scanning calorimetry and laser flash thermal diffusivity measurement. FeCrAl coatings showed CHF values comparable to bare Zirlo® samples, while slightly lower CHF values were observed for Cr coated samples and bulk SiC flats (produced by chemical vapor deposition, CVD). As-deposited Cr coatings showed 67% higher CHF than the as-polished Cr coatings due to its highermore »
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States). Dept. of Engineering Physics
- Pohang Univ. of Science and Technology (POSTECH) (Korea, Republic of). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. Division of Advanced Nuclear Engineering
- Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States). Dept. of Engineering Physics; Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States). Dept. of Materail Science and Engineering
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1850529
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1776142
- Grant/Contract Number:
- NE0008681
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nuclear Engineering and Design
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 370; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0029-5493
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; Nuclear Science & Technology; Critical heat flux (CHF); Surface characteristics; Accident tolerant fuel (ATF) cladding; Cold spray coating; Autoclave test
Citation Formats
Yeom, Hwasung, Gutierrez, Emilio, Jo, HangJin, Zhou, Yimin, Mondry, Kaya, Sridharan, Kumar, and Corradini, Michael. Pool boiling critical heat flux studies of accident tolerant fuel cladding materials. United States: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.nucengdes.2020.110919.
Yeom, Hwasung, Gutierrez, Emilio, Jo, HangJin, Zhou, Yimin, Mondry, Kaya, Sridharan, Kumar, & Corradini, Michael. Pool boiling critical heat flux studies of accident tolerant fuel cladding materials. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2020.110919
Yeom, Hwasung, Gutierrez, Emilio, Jo, HangJin, Zhou, Yimin, Mondry, Kaya, Sridharan, Kumar, and Corradini, Michael. Mon .
"Pool boiling critical heat flux studies of accident tolerant fuel cladding materials". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2020.110919. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1850529.
@article{osti_1850529,
title = {Pool boiling critical heat flux studies of accident tolerant fuel cladding materials},
author = {Yeom, Hwasung and Gutierrez, Emilio and Jo, HangJin and Zhou, Yimin and Mondry, Kaya and Sridharan, Kumar and Corradini, Michael},
abstractNote = {Pool boiling experiments have been performed at atmospheric pressure on potential accident tolerant fuel (ATF) cladding materials (Zirlo®, Cr coated Zirlo®, FeCrAl coated Zirlo®, and monolithic SiC) to evaluate the Critical Heat Flux (CHF) points. Corrosion resistant coatings of Cr and FeCrAl alloy were deposited on flat Zirlo® samples using cold spray technology. The as-prepared samples after uniform surface polishing were subjected to autoclave tests at 360 °C water and 18.6 MPa for 360 h to simulate prototypic corrosion of the ATF cladding materials in LWR normal operation. Surface characteristics potentially influencing CHF such as surface morphology, roughness, static contact angle, and surface chemistry were characterized using a suite of characterization methods including scanning electron microscopy, 3D optical profilometry, optical contact angle measurements, and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Thermo-physical properties of the samples such as density, thermal conductivity, and heat capacity were measured by differential scanning calorimetry and laser flash thermal diffusivity measurement. FeCrAl coatings showed CHF values comparable to bare Zirlo® samples, while slightly lower CHF values were observed for Cr coated samples and bulk SiC flats (produced by chemical vapor deposition, CVD). As-deposited Cr coatings showed 67% higher CHF than the as-polished Cr coatings due to its higher surface roughness level. The autoclave testing for the prepared samples generally increased the CHF except for the surface polished Cr coatings. Similar CHF values of bare Zirlo®, FeCrAl coating, and CVD SiC samples were observed after autoclave test but there were negligible change CHF of Cr coatings. XPS studies indicated that the formation or deposition of a few monolayers of hydrophobic carbonaceous species on surface can affect CHF values. The trends in CHF data are discussed in terms of evolution of the surface characteristics of the ATF materials.},
doi = {10.1016/j.nucengdes.2020.110919},
journal = {Nuclear Engineering and Design},
number = C,
volume = 370,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Nov 02 00:00:00 EST 2020},
month = {Mon Nov 02 00:00:00 EST 2020}
}
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