A review of pebble flow study for pebble bed high temperature gas-cooled reactor

S Jiang, J Tu, X Yang, N Gui - Experimental and Computational …, 2019 - Springer
The pebble bed high temperature gas-cooled reactor is a promising generation-IV reactor,
which uses large fuel pebbles and helium gas as coolant. The pebble bed flow is a …

Numerical study of the effects of loading method on mixing of two kinds of pebbles in HTGR: A GPU-DEM simulation

Q Zou, N Gui, X Yang, J Tu, S Jiang - Progress in Nuclear Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The flow, stacking, and mixing of pebbles in the High-Temperature Gas-cooled Reactor
(HTGR) will affect the power distribution of the core and thus affect the economy and safety …

Parameter analysis and wall effect of radiative heat transfer for CFD-DEM simulation in nuclear packed pebble bed

H Wu, N Gui, X Yang, J Tu, S Jiang - Experimental and Computational …, 2021 - Springer
In the heat transportation of core of high temperature gas-cooled nuclear reactor (HTGR),
radiative heat transfer plays a significant role in the CFD-DEM simulations. The numerical …

A matrix model of particle-scale radiative heat transfer in structured and randomly packed pebble bed

H Wu, N Gui, X Yang, J Tu, S Jiang - International Journal of Thermal …, 2020 - Elsevier
Thermal radiation in pebble bed is very hard to compute accurately and efficiently since it
occurs between the surfaces no matter how far they are. Herein, radiative heat flux and …

[HTML][HTML] Prediction of the remaining time and time interval of pebbles in pebble bed HTGRs aided by CNN via DEM datasets

M Wu, X Liu, N Gui, X Yang, J Tu, S Jiang… - Nuclear Engineering and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Prediction of the time-related traits of pebble flow inside pebble-bed HTGRs is of great
significance for reactor operation and design. In this work, an image-driven approach with …

Numerical investigation of flow characteristics and packing structure of binary-sized pebble flow in a circulating pebble bed

M Wu, N Gui, X Yang, J Tu, S Jiang - Progress in Nuclear Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The pebble size is one of the factors affecting the flow characteristics of pebble-bed HTGRs.
The binary-sized circulating pebble flow is investigated from the perspective of flow …

Effects of aspect ratio and component ratio on binary-mixed discharging pebble flow in hoppers

L Ge, N Gui, X Yang, J Tu, S Jiang - Powder Technology, 2019 - Elsevier
As an important class of particle flows in industrial applications, hopper flows, particularly
those using pebbles (diameters dp~ O (10-2) m), play a significant role in nuclear reactor …

[图书][B] Multiphase flow and heat transfer in pebble bed reactor core

S Jiang, J Tu, X Yang, N Gui - 2021 - Springer
A worldwide effort is underway to develop more economical, efficient, environmentally
acceptable, and safer nuclear energy for electricity generation and industrial process heat …

Effects of density difference and loading ratio on pebble flow in a three-dimensional two-region-designed pebble bed

M Wu, N Gui, H Wu, X Yang, J Tu, S Jiang - Annals of Nuclear Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
The pebble flow of a two-region-designed dynamic reactor core is simulated by discrete
element method. The aims are to verify the feasibility of the two-region-designed reactor and …

Applications: Two-Region Pebble Beds

S Jiang, J Tu, X Yang, N Gui, S Jiang, J Tu… - Multiphase Flow and …, 2021 - Springer
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