| NUKLEONIKA 2012, 57(3):375-381
NEUTRONIC ANALYSIS OF NANOFLUIDS AS A COOLANT
IN THE BUSHEHR VVER-1000 REACTOR
Ehsan Zarifi1, Gholamreza Jahanfarnia1, Farzad Veisy2
1 Department of Nuclear Engineering, Science and Research Branch,
Islamic Azad University,
Tehran, Iran
2 Mechanical Engineering School, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran
The main goal of this study was to perform the neutronic analysis of nanofluids as a coolant in reactor simulation. The variation of multiplication factor and thermal power have been investigated in the Bushehr VVER-1000 reactor core with using different nanofluids as coolant. In the applied analysis, water-based nanofluids containing various volume fractions of Al2O3, TiO2, CuO and Cu nanoparticles were used. The addition of different types and volume fractions of nanoparticles were found to have various effects on reactor neutronic characteristics. By using WIMS-D5 and CITATION code, the appropriate nanofluid with optimum volume percentage of nanoparticles was achieved. The results show that at low concentration (0.1% volume fraction) alumina is the optimum nanoparticle for normal reactor operation.
Close X |