Development and testing of the hydrogen behavior tool for Falcon – HYPE
The presence of hydrogen absorbed by zirconium-based cladding materials during reactor operation can trigger degradation mechanisms and endanger the rod integrity. Ensuring the durability of the rods in extended timeframes like dry storage requires anticipating hydrogen behavior using numerical mode...
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| author | Piotr Konarski Cedric Cozzo Grigori Khvostov Hakim Ferroukhi |
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| description | The presence of hydrogen absorbed by zirconium-based cladding materials during reactor operation can trigger degradation mechanisms and endanger the rod integrity. Ensuring the durability of the rods in extended timeframes like dry storage requires anticipating hydrogen behavior using numerical modeling. In this context, the present paper describes a hydrogen post-processing tool for Falcon – HYPE, a PSI's in-house tool able to calculate hydrogen uptake, transport, thermochemistry, reorientation of hydrides and hydrogen-related failure criteria. The tool extracts all necessary data from a Falcon output file; therefore, it can be considered loosely coupled to Falcon. HYPE has been successfully validated against experimental data and applied to reactor operation and interim storage scenarios to present its capabilities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ef0961337bfa40c3a245f7efaf8b80262024-01-31T05:42:52ZengElsevierNuclear Engineering and Technology1738-57332024-02-01562728744Development and testing of the hydrogen behavior tool for Falcon – HYPEPiotr Konarski0Cedric Cozzo1Grigori Khvostov2Hakim Ferroukhi3Corresponding author.; Laboratory for Reactor Physics and Thermal-Hydraulics, Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI), Forschungsstrasse 111, CH-5232, Villigen PSI, SwitzerlandLaboratory for Reactor Physics and Thermal-Hydraulics, Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI), Forschungsstrasse 111, CH-5232, Villigen PSI, SwitzerlandLaboratory for Reactor Physics and Thermal-Hydraulics, Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI), Forschungsstrasse 111, CH-5232, Villigen PSI, SwitzerlandLaboratory for Reactor Physics and Thermal-Hydraulics, Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI), Forschungsstrasse 111, CH-5232, Villigen PSI, SwitzerlandThe presence of hydrogen absorbed by zirconium-based cladding materials during reactor operation can trigger degradation mechanisms and endanger the rod integrity. Ensuring the durability of the rods in extended timeframes like dry storage requires anticipating hydrogen behavior using numerical modeling. In this context, the present paper describes a hydrogen post-processing tool for Falcon – HYPE, a PSI's in-house tool able to calculate hydrogen uptake, transport, thermochemistry, reorientation of hydrides and hydrogen-related failure criteria. The tool extracts all necessary data from a Falcon output file; therefore, it can be considered loosely coupled to Falcon. HYPE has been successfully validated against experimental data and applied to reactor operation and interim storage scenarios to present its capabilities.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1738573323005119Hydrogen behaviorFuel behavior modellingDry storageHydride reorientationDelayed hydride crackingNuclear fuel |
| spellingShingle | Piotr Konarski Cedric Cozzo Grigori Khvostov Hakim Ferroukhi Development and testing of the hydrogen behavior tool for Falcon – HYPE Nuclear Engineering and Technology Hydrogen behavior Fuel behavior modelling Dry storage Hydride reorientation Delayed hydride cracking Nuclear fuel |
| title | Development and testing of the hydrogen behavior tool for Falcon – HYPE |
| title_full | Development and testing of the hydrogen behavior tool for Falcon – HYPE |
| title_fullStr | Development and testing of the hydrogen behavior tool for Falcon – HYPE |
| title_full_unstemmed | Development and testing of the hydrogen behavior tool for Falcon – HYPE |
| title_short | Development and testing of the hydrogen behavior tool for Falcon – HYPE |
| title_sort | development and testing of the hydrogen behavior tool for falcon hype |
| topic | Hydrogen behavior Fuel behavior modelling Dry storage Hydride reorientation Delayed hydride cracking Nuclear fuel |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1738573323005119 |
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