CN106531233A - Reactor fuel assembly - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses a reactor fuel assembly which comprises a fuel element, a storage mechanism and a locking mechanism used for detachably fixing the storage mechanism; the locking mechanism comprises a long rod, a long rod sleeve, a gripper, a long rod support and a connecting rod, the gripper is provided with a through hole allowing the long rod to penetrate through, the gripper is fixed to one end of the long rod sleeve, one end of the long rod penetrates through the long rod sleeve and the gripper in sequence to be connected with the long rod support, the face, facing the long rod support, of the gripper is provided with at least one pin hole, the face, facing the gripper, of the long rod support is provided with pins with the number and position corresponding to the pin holes, one end of the connecting rod is connected with the storage mechanism, and the other end of the connecting rod is connected with the long rod. Accordingly, by means of the locking mechanism, the problem that the fuel element is fixed in a high-density cooling agent is solved, and the fuel element can be fixed at the specific location of a reactor core under the normal and expected operation condition.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of reactor fuel assemblies, it is adaptable to lead base reactor, belong to nuclear engineering field.
Background technology
Lead base is piled up in the forth generation nuclear reactor international symposium of Tokyo, Japan in 2002, is proposed as six kinds of masters
Want one of forth generation nuclear power station concept shut-down system.At present, the 4th generation of technology such as nuclear energy system international symposium (Generation IV
International Forum, GIF) propose that lead base heap is expected to become first in authoritative assessment report and realize Industrial demonstration and business
The 4th generation of technology such as nuclear energy system of industry application, in the world Russia, European Union, the U.S., Japan, Korea, China etc. using lead base heap as
One of main study subject is given priority to.
In lead base heap, operating mode ring of the fuel assembly in extremely complicated (such as high temperature, burn into irradiation, Flow vibration etc.)
Border, it is necessary to fully ensure that the integrality of structure and effectively derive fission heat, particularly metal cooling agent is to cladding materials
Huge buoyancy, the hard neutron energy spectrum of reactor core and universal long refulling cycle design that burn into metal cooling agent high density is brought,
So that lead base heap is different from traditional fast reactor, need especially to consider and pay close attention on fuel assembly material and structure design, especially
The fixed problem in high density liquid metal cooling agent of fuel assembly.
The content of the invention
The technical problem to be solved is to provide one kind and is easy to fixed in high density cooling agent, and dismounting is also convenient for
Efficiently reactor fuel assemblies.
In order to solve above-mentioned technical problem, the present invention is adopted the following technical scheme that：A kind of reactor fuel assemblies, including combustion
The material element and accommodating mechanism for fixed fuel element, is also included for being detachably fixed the locking machine of the accommodating mechanism
Structure, the retaining mechanism include stock, long rod sleeve, gripping apparatus, long rod bearing and connecting rod；
The through hole passed through for the stock is provided with the gripping apparatus, and the gripping apparatus is fixed on the one of the long rod sleeve
End, one end of the stock are sequentially passed through the long rod sleeve and the gripping apparatus and are connected with the long rod bearing, the gripping apparatus
One side towards the long rod bearing is provided with least one pin-and-hole, the one side towards the gripping apparatus of the long rod bearing be provided with
The pin-and-hole quantity, position are sold accordingly, and one end of the connecting rod is connected with the accommodating mechanism, the other end and the stock
Connection.
Further, the gripping apparatus and the long rod bearing are the cylinder of on-circular cross-section.
Further, the gripping apparatus and the long rod bearing are regular triangular prism voussoir.
Further, the one side away from the gripping apparatus of the long rod bearing is provided with guiding piece.
Further, the quantity of the pin-and-hole is 3, and is distributed in positive triangular symmetrical.
Further, the accommodating mechanism includes outer tube and is connected to the operating head at the two ends of the outer tube
And bottom nozzle.
Further, one end of the connecting rod is sequentially passed through the bottom nozzle and outer tube and is connected with the operating head.
Further, pin is provided with the outside of the bottom nozzle, the connecting rod is also through the pin.
Further, be additionally provided with screen work in the outer tube, for positioning the fuel element, the connecting rod also through
The screen work.
Beneficial effects of the present invention are embodied in：
By special retaining mechanism, when installing fuel assembly of the present invention, fuel assembly inserts reactor core lower grid plate to the present invention
Afterwards, component handling facilities drive gripping apparatus rotation by the long rod sleeve of rotational lock mechanism, gripping apparatus is connected with lower grid plate, are grabbing
After tool rotation, 3 straight pins being connected with long rod bearing are narrowly focused towards 3 cylinder pin holes of gripping apparatus lower surface, due to by lead
Alloy cooling agent buoyancy effect, long rod bearing and straight pin are connected with gripping apparatus after floating, and are made gripping apparatus circle round, are completed fuel stack
Fixation of the part in reactor core, solves the problems, such as that fuel assembly is fixed in high density cooling agent, makes fuel assembly normal and pre-
Reactor core specified location can be fixed under meter operating condition, and when dismantling, be also very easy to operation, it is convenient and swift, with highly dense
The advantages of spending, easily fix.
Description of the drawings
Fig. 1 is the structural representation of accommodating mechanism of the present invention and connecting rod.
Fig. 2 is the cross-sectional view of accommodating mechanism of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is the structural representation of retaining mechanism of the present invention.
In accompanying drawing the mark of each part for：1 fuel element, 2 operating heads, 3 outer tubes, 4 bottom nozzles, 5 pins, 6 connecting rods,
7 screen works, 8 stocks, 9 long rod sleeves, 10 gripping apparatus, 11 long rod bearings, 12 pins, 13 pin-and-holes, 14 guiding pieces.
Specific embodiment
The invention will be further described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings：
Referring to Fig. 1, Fig. 2 and Fig. 3.
Reactor fuel assemblies of the present invention, including fuel element 1, for the accommodating mechanism of fixed fuel element 1, Yi Jiyong
In the retaining mechanism for being detachably fixed the accommodating mechanism, the retaining mechanism includes stock 8, long rod sleeve 9, gripping apparatus 10, length
Rod bearing 11 and connecting rod 6；
The accommodating mechanism includes outer tube 3 and is connected to the operating head 2 and down tube at the two ends of the outer tube 3
Seat 4, the outside of the bottom nozzle 4 is provided with pin 5, is used as coolant entrance, is additionally provided with screen work 7 in the outer tube 3, for fixed
The position fuel element 1；In the present invention, upper base and operating head 2 part of integration is considered as, therefore has eliminated pipe
Seat；And connecting rod is had with operating head, bottom nozzle and pin and is connected, to be fixedly connected at wherein at least one.
Stock 8 is thin cylindrical rod；Long rod bearing 11 is regular triangular prism voussoir, the upper surface of long rod bearing 11 and stock 8
Lower surface is fixedly connected and keeps coaxial, and the seamed edge immediate vicinity of upper surface 3 of long rod bearing 11 is respectively fixedly connected with 3 cylinders
Pin 12, the lower surface of long rod bearing 11 are fixedly connected with a guiding piece 14；Stock 8 has coaxial long rod sleeve 9 and gripping apparatus 10,
There is the regular triangular prism voussoir of through hole centered on gripping apparatus 10, stock 8 passes through long rod sleeve 9,10 central through-hole of gripping apparatus and stock
Bearing 11 connects, and the upper surface of gripping apparatus 10 is fixedly connected with the lower surface of long rod sleeve 9 and keeps coaxial, the lower surface of gripping apparatus 10
3 cylinder pin holes 13 of triangular distribution are drilled with, 13 diameter of cylinder pin hole is slightly larger than 12 diameter of straight pin, the lower end of gripping apparatus 10
Face passes through 3 cylinder pin holes 13 and 3 cylinder pin connections.
The fuel assembly of development and design as specified above, the operating procedure of installation and removal are as follows：
(1) install
Component refueling agency is inserted to reactor core lower grid plate by connecting fuel assembly operating head, control fuel assembly；Even
Under the guiding piece effect of the long rod bearing of extension bar lower end retaining mechanism, fuel assembly smoothly inserts lower grid plate hole；Component refueling agency
By 60 ° of the long rod sleeve of the hollow cylinder of the rod locking mechanism that is rotatably connected, drive gripping apparatus to rotate 60 °, make under gripping apparatus and lower grid plate
End face connects；3 straight pins being connected with long rod bearing are now narrowly focused towards 3 cylindrical holes of gripping apparatus lower surface, in metal
Under cooling agent buoyancy, long rod bearing is connected with gripping apparatus after floating, while 3 straight pins are connected with 3 cylindrical holes；Complete combustion
Fixation of the material component in reactor core lower grid plate.
Lower grid plate can be simple thick sheet metal structure, and tri-angle-holed a, cross section for gripping apparatus has been opened on thick sheet metal
The triangle length of side be slightly less than tri-angle-holed on thick sheet metal, gripping apparatus is moved downward, and makes the regular triangular prism voussoir of through hole
After below thick sheet metal, voussoir rotates 60 °, and now the three of regular triangular prism voussoir angle can be blocked by thick sheet metal, even if
Buoyancy is more than gravity, and gripping apparatus cannot also float.Here the connection on-fixed annexation of gripping apparatus and thick sheet metal lower surface, but
Abutment relation.
(2) dismantle
Component refueling agency overcomes buoyancy by connecting fuel assembly operating head, the long rod bearing in control connecting rod lower end
Move downward, until 3 straight pins are disconnected with 3 cylindrical holes；Component refueling agency is by the rod locking mechanism that is rotatably connected
60 ° of the long rod sleeve of hollow cylinder, gripping apparatus is disconnected with lower grid plate lower surface；Component refueling agency is by lifting fuel stack
Part, makes fuel assembly leave reactor core lower grid plate hole, and steps up to leaving reactor core.
Non-elaborated part of the present invention belongs to techniques well known.
The above, part specific embodiment only of the present invention, but protection scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and appoints
What those skilled in the art the invention discloses technical scope in, the change or replacement that can be readily occurred in should all be covered
Within protection scope of the present invention.
Claims (9)
1. a kind of reactor fuel assemblies, including fuel element (1) and the accommodating mechanism for fixed fuel element (1), its
It is characterised by：Also include for being detachably fixed the retaining mechanism of the accommodating mechanism, the retaining mechanism include stock (8),
Long rod sleeve (9), gripping apparatus (10), long rod bearing (11) and connecting rod (6)；
The through hole passed through for the stock (8) is provided with the gripping apparatus (10), and the gripping apparatus (10) is fixed on the stock
One end of sleeve (9), one end of the stock (8) sequentially pass through the long rod sleeve (9) and the gripping apparatus (10) and the length
Rod bearing (11) connects, and the one side towards the long rod bearing (11) of the gripping apparatus (10) is provided with least one pin-and-hole (13),
The one side towards the gripping apparatus (10) of the long rod bearing (11) is provided with the pin-and-hole (13) quantity, position is corresponding sells
(12), one end of the connecting rod (6) is connected with the accommodating mechanism, the other end is connected with the stock (8).
2. reactor fuel assemblies as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that：The gripping apparatus (10) and the long rod bearing
(11) it is the cylinder of on-circular cross-section.
3. reactor fuel assemblies as claimed in claim 1 or 2, it is characterised in that：The gripping apparatus (10) and the stock
Seat (11) is regular triangular prism voussoir.
4. reactor fuel assemblies as claimed in claim 1 or 2, it is characterised in that：The long rod bearing (11) away from institute
The one side for stating gripping apparatus (10) is provided with guiding piece (14).
5. reactor fuel assemblies as claimed in claim 1 or 2, it is characterised in that：The quantity of the pin-and-hole (13) is 3,
And be distributed in positive triangular symmetrical.
6. reactor fuel assemblies as claimed in claim 1 or 2, it is characterised in that：The accommodating mechanism includes outer tube (3)
And it is connected to the operating head (2) and bottom nozzle (4) at the two ends of the outer tube (3).
7. reactor fuel assemblies as claimed in claim 6, it is characterised in that：One end of the connecting rod (6) sequentially passes through
The bottom nozzle (4) and outer tube (3) are connected with the operating head (2).
8. reactor fuel assemblies as claimed in claim 7, it is characterised in that：Pin is provided with the outside of the bottom nozzle (4)
(5), the connecting rod (6) is also through the pin (5).
9. reactor fuel assemblies as claimed in claim 7, it is characterised in that：Screen work is additionally provided with the outer tube (3)
(7), for positioning the fuel element (1), the connecting rod (6) is also through the screen work (7).
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