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A review on thermohydraulic and mechanical-physical properties of SiC, FeCrAl and Ti3SiC2 for ATF cladding

  • Qiu, Bowen (Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Advanced Nuclear Energy and Technology, Shaanxi Engineering Research Center of Advanced Nuclear Energy, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University) ;
  • Wang, Jun (University of Wisconsin-Madison) ;
  • Deng, Yangbin (College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University) ;
  • Wang, Mingjun (Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Advanced Nuclear Energy and Technology, Shaanxi Engineering Research Center of Advanced Nuclear Energy, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University) ;
  • Wu, Yingwei (Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Advanced Nuclear Energy and Technology, Shaanxi Engineering Research Center of Advanced Nuclear Energy, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University) ;
  • Qiu, S.Z. (Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Advanced Nuclear Energy and Technology, Shaanxi Engineering Research Center of Advanced Nuclear Energy, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University)
  • Received : 2019.04.19
  • Accepted : 2019.07.29
  • Published : 2020.01.25
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Abstract

At present, the Department of Energy (DOE) in Unite State are directing the efforts of developing accident tolerant fuel (ATF) technology. As the first barrier of nuclear fuel system, the material selection of fuel rod cladding for ATFs is a basic but very significant issue for the development of this concept. The advanced cladding is attractive for providing much stronger oxidation resistance and better in-pile behavior under sever accident conditions (such as SBO, LOCA) for giving more coping time and, of course, at least an equivalent performance under normal condition. In recent years, many researches on in-plie or out-pile physical properties of some suggested cladding materials have been conducted to solve this material selection problem. Base on published literatures, this paper introduced relevant research backgrounds, objectives, research institutions and their progresses on several main potential claddings include triplex SiC, FeCrAl and MAX phase material Ti3SiC2. The physical properties of these claddings for their application in ATF area are also reviewed in thermohydraulic and mechanical view for better understanding and simulating the behaviors of these new claddings. While most of important data are available from publications, there are still many relevant properties are lacking for the evaluations.

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