Abstract
Lead-cooled fast reactor (LFR) adopts the liquid metal lead as the coolant and is beneficial to the fuel sustainability and high safety. LFR is suffering from the serious thermal stratification due to the pool type design and high operation temperature, leading to the threatening thermal stress on the structure. In this paper, the three-dimensional CFD model of ELSY lead pool is established and the thermal stratification phenomena under the forced and natural circulations are investigated. The results show that under steady-state conditions, ELSY has temperature stratification along the wall in the upper lead pool where the steam generator is located, and a high temperature concentration zone and a speed stagnant zone in the lower plenum. Under natural circulation conditions, when the water decay heat removal system (W-DHR), isolation condenser (IC) and reactor vessel air cooling system (RVACS) are put into operations, there is also obvious temperature stratification in the steam generator area. This paper puts forward some corresponding optimization suggestions on the problems in the simulation. The above results can provide an appropriate and effective reference for the design of ELSY in the future.
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