TY - JOUR
T1 - Thermodynamic properties and equation of state of liquid lead and lead-bismuth eutectic
AU - Sobolev, Vitaly
AU - Schuurmans, Paul
AU - Benamati, Gianluca
A2 - Al Mazouzi, Abderrahim
N1 - Score = 10
PY - 2008/6/15
Y1 - 2008/6/15
N2 - Since the 1950s, liquid lead (Pb) and lead–bismuth eutectic (Pb–Bi) have been studied in the USA, Canada and in the former-USSR as
potential coolants for nuclear installations due to their very attractive thermophysical and neutronic properties. However, experimental
data on the thermal properties of these coolants in the temperature range of interest are still incomplete and often contradictory. This
makes it very difficult to perform design calculations and to analyse the normal and abnormal behaviour of nuclear installations where
these coolants are expected to be used. Recently, a compilation of heavy liquid metal (HLM) properties along with recommendations for
its use was prepared by the OECD/NEA Working Party on Fuel Cycle (WPFC) Expert Group on Lead–Bismuth Eutectic Technology. A
brief review of this compilation and some new data are presented in this article. A set of correlations for the temperature dependence of
the main thermodynamic properties of Pb and Pb–Bi(e) at normal pressure, and a set of simplified thermal and caloric equations of state
for the liquid phase are proposed.
AB - Since the 1950s, liquid lead (Pb) and lead–bismuth eutectic (Pb–Bi) have been studied in the USA, Canada and in the former-USSR as
potential coolants for nuclear installations due to their very attractive thermophysical and neutronic properties. However, experimental
data on the thermal properties of these coolants in the temperature range of interest are still incomplete and often contradictory. This
makes it very difficult to perform design calculations and to analyse the normal and abnormal behaviour of nuclear installations where
these coolants are expected to be used. Recently, a compilation of heavy liquid metal (HLM) properties along with recommendations for
its use was prepared by the OECD/NEA Working Party on Fuel Cycle (WPFC) Expert Group on Lead–Bismuth Eutectic Technology. A
brief review of this compilation and some new data are presented in this article. A set of correlations for the temperature dependence of
the main thermodynamic properties of Pb and Pb–Bi(e) at normal pressure, and a set of simplified thermal and caloric equations of state
for the liquid phase are proposed.
KW - liquid metals
KW - lead
KW - lead-bismuth eutectic
KW - thermal properties
KW - equation of state
UR - http://ecm.sckcen.be/OTCS/llisapi.dll/open/ezp_88585
UR - http://knowledgecentre.sckcen.be/so2/bibref/4974
U2 - 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2008.02.030
DO - 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2008.02.030
M3 - Article
SN - 0022-3115
VL - 376
SP - 358
EP - 362
JO - Journal of Nuclear Materials
JF - Journal of Nuclear Materials
IS - 3
T2 - IV International Workshop on Materials for HLM cooled Reactors and Related Technologies
Y2 - 21 May 2007 through 23 May 2007
ER -