Author:
Barbin N M,Kobelev A M,Terent’ev D I,Alexeev S G,Titov S A
Abstract
Abstract
The paper analyzes the gas phase, the behavior uranium, the calculation of thermophysical properties during heating of nuclear reactor graphite containing various actinides. The study was carried out by thermodynamic modeling using the TERRA software package in the range from 423 to 2123 K at a constant pressure of 0.1 MPa. Up to a temperature of 623 K, the main components of the gas phase are water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane and hydrogen. Above 1023 K, the gas phase contains predominantly carbon dioxide and monoxide. It was revealed that in the range of 423-923 K uranium is present in the form of condensed compounds - uranium dioxide and uranyl chloride. Up to a temperature of 1623 K, uranium is present in the form of condensed uranium dioxide and calcium uranate. At temperatures above 2023 K, condensed uranium compounds are converted into gaseous and ionized compounds of uranium trioxide and dioxide. The thermophysical characteristics change unevenly up to a temperature of 923 K.
Subject
General Physics and Astronomy