Simulation and Analysis for Melt Casting a Metallic Fuel Pin Incorporating Volatile Actinides
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
11-5-2003
Publication Title
2003 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress
Publisher
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
First page number:
233
Last page number:
238
Abstract
The filling and solidification process for melt casting a metallic fuel pin is considered. The problem was analyzed numerically using the commercial finite element software package FIDAP (Fluent, Inc.). Numerical simulations are performed to study process parameters that could impact the solidification of the melt within the mold. A Metallic Fuel Pin mold is a long, thin, straw-like pipe, which has a cylindrical shape. The fluid is a high-temperature melt mixture of Am, Pu, and Zr. which is considered as an incompressible Newtonian fluid. Filling velocities and filling pressures are varied to study what impact these parameters might have on flow and solidification within the melt.
Keywords
Casting; Founding; Fuels; Manufacturing processes; Mathematical models; Nuclear fuels; Production engineering; Simulation
Disciplines
Manufacturing | Materials Science and Engineering | Mechanical Engineering | Oil, Gas, and Energy
Language
English
Permissions
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Repository Citation
Tan, T.,
Clarksean, R.,
Chen, Y.
(2003).
Simulation and Analysis for Melt Casting a Metallic Fuel Pin Incorporating Volatile Actinides.
2003 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress
233-238.
American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Comments
From: ASME 2003 International Mechanical Engineering, Washington, DC, USA, November 15–21, 2003