Keep grid and the fuel assembly with this maintenance grid
Technical field
The utility model relates to nuclear reactor technology field, relates in particular to a kind of grid and fuel assembly with this maintenance grid of keeping.
Background technology
The fuel rod of some is arranged (as: 15 × 15 or 16 × 16 etc.) and is fixed to a branch of according to certain intervals, be called reactor fuel assemblies, reactor fuel assemblies is mainly made up of upper base, bottom nozzle, maintenance grid (also claiming mixing grillwork or grid spacer), control rod guide pipe and fuel rod.Wherein, keep grid for loading and locate fuel rod and being made up of multiple interior bands and outer band, the mutually orthogonal formation of multiple interior bands has the latticed cell structure of multiple grill unit, and outer band is surrounded on outside interior band regularly.Except a few grill unit is used for arranging control rod guide pipe, an accommodating fuel rod in remaining each grill unit.
In the process of fuel assembly work, cooling medium (water) is flowed through fuel assembly continuously from lower to upper to take away the amount of heat producing in fuel rod fission reaction, the mobile meeting of cooling medium is to keeping the fuel rod in grid to produce certain impact, therefore, in order to keep the stable of fuel rod, as shown in Figure 1, keeping being provided with in addition on the interior band of grid towards the firm protruding a and the spring b that protrude out in grill unit, utilize firm protruding a to support with spring b the elasticity of fuel rod is supported to clamp firm fuel rod the rigidity of fuel rod.Wherein firm protruding a is pressed in interior band upper punch, and spring b engages and is welded and fixed on interior band after being shaped to separately hair fastener shape.
In prior art, the maintenance grid of this structure has following shortcoming: first, firm protruding a adopts the mode of punching press directly to make on interior band, and the operation of punching press is comparatively complicated, and difficulty of processing is higher, and easily on interior band, cracks when punch process; Secondly, existing firm protruding a is the bridge architecture vertical with fuel rod, for ensureing thering is the plane area of certain length after its moulding of the power of supporting of fuel rod, therefore caused the length of firm protruding a larger, keep the fluoran stream surface of grid long-pending thereby increased, increase the pressure loss, be unfavorable for ANALYSIS OF COOLANT FLOW heat radiation; In addition, due to firm protruding a in prior art scheme and spring b skewness, and the fluoran stream surface of firm protruding a and spring b is long-pending different, has caused the waterpower imbalance that keeps grid to be subject under the impact of reactor internal coolant, while easily operation in heap, vibrates.
Therefore, be necessary to provide a kind of difficulty of processing low, the little and hydraulically balanced new maintenance grid that is subject to of the pressure loss.
Utility model content
The purpose of this utility model is to provide a kind of difficulty of processing low, the little and hydraulically balanced new maintenance grid that is subject to of the pressure loss.
Another object of the present utility model is to provide a kind of fuel assembly with described maintenance grid.
To achieve these goals, the utility model provides a kind of maintenance grid, comprise multiple interior bands and outer band, multiple described interior bands intersect the grill unit that is latticed cell structure and forms multiple hollows mutually, described outer band is around in the peripheral of described cell structure and fixes with described interior band, described maintenance grid also comprises multiple holders, described holder clamps and is fixed on described interior band, described holder comprises the first band and the second band that lay respectively at described interior band both sides, described the first band is to protruding out the landform projection that overarches in described grill unit, described the second band forms planar projections to protruding out in adjacent described grill unit, described arch projection in same described grill unit and the common fuel rod that is positioned at described grill unit that clamps of planar projections, all extending axially along described fuel rod of described arch projection and planar projections.
Compared with prior art, in maintenance grid described in the utility model by forming respectively described arch projection and planar projections clamps fuel rod on described the first band and the second band, realize just protruding effect in prior art by described planar projections, therefore saved just protruding technological process of punching press on described interior band, the moulding separately of described holder, its moulding process is simpler, and difficulty of processing is lower, and can be to the structure generation harmful effect of described interior band.Simultaneously, due to described arch projection and all extending axially along described fuel rod of planar projections, therefore ensureing under the prerequisite that described arch projection and planar projections fully contact with described fuel rod, described the first band and the second band can arrange more elongated, thereby reduce the projected area in the plane perpendicular to described fuel rod, the fluoran stream surface that has reduced described maintenance grid is long-pending, thereby reduces the pressure loss.And save, original just protruding rear described arch projection can be more even with arranging of planar projections, makes also balance more of waterpower that described maintenance grid is subject to, and then ensure that described maintenance grid is difficult for vibrating reactor is inner.
Preferably, described arch projection equates with the projected area of planar projections in the plane perpendicular to described fuel rod.By described arch projection and equating that the projected area of planar projections arranges, can make the above arch projection that flows to of cooling medium in reactor amass and equate with the fluoran stream surface of planar projections, thereby the described arch projection waterpower suffered with planar projections is equated, be conducive to the balance of described maintenance grid entirety and stablize.
Preferably, described the second band be formed with two described in planar projections, described in two, planar projections is along the axial array of described fuel rod, the position of described arch projection is in described in two between planar projections.By planar projections described in arranging two, thereby can increase with the contact area of described fuel rod, described fuel rod is formed to more firm supporting.
Preferably, described arch projection has plane area, and described plane area contacts with described fuel rod.Being arranged so that the contact of described arch projection to described fuel rod and supporting more stable of described plane area.
Preferably, described the first band be formed with two described in arch projection, described in two arch projection along the axial array of described fuel rod, described the second band be formed with two described in planar projections, described in two, planar projections is along the axial array of described fuel rod.Described in two, arch projection and planar projections acting in conjunction described in two, form more firm clamping by increasing contact area to described fuel rod.
Particularly, described in two, the position of planar projections is corresponding with arch projection described in two respectively.
Preferably, described the first band or the second band bend inwards to protrude out and form at least positioning protrusion, and on described interior band, correspondence is offered pilot hole, and described positioning convex snaps in described pilot hole.Described positioning convex and pilot hole cooperatively interact, and make described holder on described interior band, to be positioned at precalculated position.
Preferably, the ratio of rigidity of described planar projections and arch projection is in the scope of 20:1-1:1.Described planar projections forms rigidity to described fuel rod and supports, and described arch projection is supported described fuel rod formation elasticity.
Preferably, one end of described the first band and the second band interfixes, and the other end is separated from one another.
Preferably, in same described grill unit, planar projections or the adjacent setting of arch projection described in two, and described planar projections and arch projection are oppositely arranged.
The utility model also provides a kind of fuel assembly, comprise base, bottom nozzle, multiple control rod guide pipe, multiple fuel rod and multiple described maintenance grid, multiple described maintenance grids are arranged along the vertical direction, multiple described fuel rods and control rod guide pipe are inserted in respectively described maintenance grid, the upper end of described control rod guide pipe and described upper base are fixed, and the lower end of described control rod guide pipe and described bottom nozzle are fixed.
Compared with prior art, because the utility model has adopted described maintenance grid, therefore difficulty of processing is lower, and keeps the pressure loss of cooling medium in grid little, hydraulic equilibrium, and described maintenance grid is more stable, is difficult for vibrating in reactor inside.
Brief description of the drawings
Fig. 1 keeps band upper spring in grid and just protruding setting position schematic diagram in prior art.
Fig. 2 is the structural representation of prior art medi-spring.
Fig. 3 is the composition structural representation of the utility model fuel assembly.
Fig. 4 is the partial plan that the utility model keeps grid.
Fig. 5 is the stereographic map of holder in the utility model.
Fig. 6 is the stereographic map of another angle of holder in the utility model.
Fig. 7 is the side view of holder in the utility model.
Fig. 8 be in the utility model in the schematic diagram of mounting hole and pilot hole on band.
Fig. 9 is the scheme of installation of holder on interior band.
Figure 10 is arch projection and the clamping design sketch of planar projections to fuel rod in the utility model.
Figure 11 is arch projection and the setting position schematic diagram of planar projections in a grill unit in the utility model.
Figure 12 is the stereographic map of holder in another embodiment in the utility model.
Figure 13 is the stereographic map of holder in another embodiment in the utility model.
Embodiment
Below in conjunction with the Figure of description providing, preferred embodiment of the present utility model is made to description.
As shown in Figure 3, the utility model discloses a kind of light water reactor nuclear fuel assembly, comprise base 1, bottom nozzle 2, multiple control rod guide pipe 3, multiple fuel rod 4 and multiple described maintenance grid 5, multiple described maintenance grids 5 along the vertical direction (described fuel rod 4 axially) are arranged, multiple described control rod guide pipes 3 and fuel rod 4 are inserted in respectively described maintenance grid 5, the upper end of described control rod guide pipe 3 and described upper base 1 are fixing, and the lower end of described control rod guide pipe 3 and described bottom nozzle 2 are fixing.In reactor, cooling medium is axially flowing into described fuel assembly and fuel rod 4 carried out cooling heat dissipation to base 1 from described from described bottom nozzle 2 and flow out along described fuel rod 4 from bottom to top.
As shown in Figure 4, described maintenance grid 5 comprises multiple interior band 50, four outer bands 51 (only showing two in figure) and multiple holders 6, the mutual grill unit 500 that is latticed cell structure and forms multiple hollows of intersecting of multiple described interior bands 50, described outer band 51 is around in the peripheral of described cell structure fixing with described interior band 50.In described grill unit 500 a few for holding described control rod guide pipe 3, and other most of described grill unit 500 are interior all hold one described in fuel rod 4.Unlike the prior art, on described interior band 50, not punching press forms just protruding.
As shown in Figures 5 to 7, described holder 6 comprises the first band 61 and the second band 62, described the first band 61 and the second band 62 all along described fuel rod 4 extend axially and the width of described the first band 61 and the second band 62 less, described holder 6 is and hairpin structure like spring-like of the prior art.The upper end of described the first band 61 and the second band 62 is fixed, and lower end is separated from one another.The middle section position outward of described the first band 61 protrudes out landform and overarches protruding 610, the upper and lower side of described the second band 62 respectively outward protrudes out and forms two planar projections 620, described in two, planar projections 620 is along the axial array of described fuel rod 4, described planar projections 620 protrudes out towards the direction mutually deviating from described arch projection 610, and the height and position of described arch projection 610 is between planar projections described in two 620.
Described the first band 61 and the second band 62 are integrated one-piece constructions in the present embodiment, in other embodiment, can be also to be certainly fixedly attached to together after moulding respectively.
Described arch projection 610 is parts of described the first band 61 and the second band 62 with planar projections 620, therefore described arch projection 610 and planar projections 620 be all along the extending axially of described fuel rod 4, and described arch protruding 610 equates with the projected area of planar projections 620 in the plane perpendicular to described fuel rod 4.By described arch projection 610 and equating that the projected area of planar projections 620 arranges, can make the above arch projection 610 that flows to of cooling medium in reactor amass and equate with the fluoran stream surface of planar projections 620, thereby described arch projection 610 waterpower suffered with planar projections 620 are equated, be conducive to the balance of described maintenance grid 5 entirety and stablize.
The upper and lower side of described the first band 61 also respectively inwardly (to described the second band 62) bending protrude out that to form described in two positioning convex 611, two positioning convex 611 just corresponding with the back side of planar projections 620 described in two on described the second band 62.Refer again to Fig. 8 and Fig. 9,502, three the described pilot holes 502 of three pilot holes that offer mounting hole 501 on described interior band 50 and be positioned at described mounting hole 501 belows are from top to bottom arranged.While described holder 6 being installed on described interior band 50, described the first band 61 or the second band 62 are passed from described mounting hole 501, make described the first band 61 and the second band 62 lay respectively at the both sides of described interior band 50, then press and draw close described the first band 61 and the second band 62, positioning convex 611 described on described the first band 61 two is snapped in two described pilot holes 502, in the described pilot hole 502 of the lower end that described the first band 61 and the second band 62 clamp described interior band 50 and described the first band 61 and the second band 62 below, fix by the means such as welding are bonded to each other.Described positioning convex 611 cooperatively interacts with pilot hole 502, makes described holder 6 on described interior band 50, to be positioned at precalculated position.
Described holder 6 is installed behind the precalculated position being positioned on described interior band 50, because the width of described the first band 61 and the second band 62 is less, therefore can't fill up described grill unit 500, and described in each, the described arch of holder 6 projection 610 and planar projections 620 protrude out in grill unit 500 described in adjacent two respectively.Described arch projection 610 and planar projections 620 play respectively prior art medi-spring and just protruding effect, be that described arch projection 610 need form elasticity to described fuel rod 4 and supports, and need forming rigidity to described fuel rod 4, described planar projections 620 supports, in the present embodiment, described planar projections 620 is set to 20:1 (can be specifically to realize different-stiffness by different-thickness) with the ratio of rigidity of arch projection 610, allow by this described arch projection 610 there is elasticity, and described planar projections 620 have rigidity.Certainly, described planar projections 620 can also be any number or other ratios in the scope of 20:1-1:1 with the ratio of rigidity of arch projection 610.
Please refer to Fig. 4 and Figure 11, in whole described maintenance grid 5, multiple described holders 6 adopt such rule setting multiple described grill unit 500 (except holding the minority grill unit 500 of described control rod guide pipe 3) are upper: the second band 62 described in the first band 61 and two described in making to have two in grill unit 500 described in each, the wherein adjacent setting of the first band 61 described in two, the adjacent setting of the second band 62 described in two, and described the first band 61 and the second band 62 are to be oppositely arranged, in other words, described arch projection 610 described in one on holder 6 is adjacent settings with the described arch projection 610 on holder 6 described in another, described planar projections 620 described in one on holder 6 is adjacent settings with the described planar projections 620 on holder 6 described in another, and described arch projection 610 is oppositely arranged all the time with planar projections 620.
Compared with prior art, in maintenance grid 5 described in the utility model, by form respectively described arch projection 610 and planar projections 620 on described the first band 61 and the second band 62, fuel rod 4 is clamped, and planar projections 620 described in being provided with two on described the second band 62, more firm to supporting of described fuel rod 4, described planar projections 620 has realized just protruding effect in prior art, therefore saved just protruding technological process of punching press on described interior band 50, the moulding separately of described holder 6, its moulding process is simpler, difficulty of processing is lower, and can be to the structure generation harmful effect of described interior band 50.Simultaneously, due to described arch projection 610 and all extending axially along described fuel rod 4 of planar projections 620, therefore ensureing under the prerequisite that described arch projection 610 and planar projections 620 fully contact with described fuel rod 4, described the first band 61 and the second band 62 can arrange more elongated, thereby reduce the projected area in the plane perpendicular to described fuel rod 4, the fluoran stream surface that has reduced described maintenance grid 5 is long-pending, thereby reduces the pressure loss.And save, original just protruding rear described arch projection 610 can be more even with arranging of planar projections 620, makes also balance more of waterpower that described maintenance grid 5 is subject to, and then ensure that described maintenance grid 5 is difficult for vibrating reactor is inner.
As shown in figure 12, in another embodiment of the present utility model, the structure of holder 7 is slightly different from above embodiment, and the arch projection 710 of holder 7 described in the present embodiment has plane area 710a, and described plane area 710a contacts with described fuel rod 4.The contact that is arranged so that 710 pairs of described fuel rods 4 of described arch projection of described plane area 710a and support more stable.
As shown in figure 13, in another embodiment of the present utility model, the first band 81 of holder 8 is formed with two arch projections 810, described in two, arch projection 810 is along the axial array of described fuel rod 4, and the second band 82 is formed with two planar projections 820 corresponding with arch projection 810 difference described in two.Described in two, planar projections 820 actings in conjunction described in arch projection 810 and two, form firm clamping to described fuel rod 4.
Above disclosed is only preferred embodiments of the present utility model, its effect is facilitate those skilled in the art to understand and implement according to this, certainly can not limit with this interest field of the utility model, therefore the equivalent variations of doing according to the utility model claim, still belongs to the scope that the utility model is contained.