kai wang

Prof. kai wang

Sino-French Institute of Nuclear Engineering & Technology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai 519082, China

Research Focus & Metrics

Academic Career Length

8Years (2019-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

Representative Publications

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9 November 2022 in International Journal of Thermal Sciences
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KWkai wang
kai wang
ZHZhenhan Hong
Zhenhan Hong
HLHui Liang
Hui Liang
IJInoue Junya
Inoue Junya
SCSongbai Cheng
Songbai Cheng
KOKoji Okamoto
Koji Okamoto

1 February 2021 in International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
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KWkai wang
kai wang
CLChun-Yen LI
Chun-Yen LI
MPMarco Pellegrini
Marco Pellegrini
NENejdet Erkan
Nejdet Erkan
KOKoji Okamoto
Koji Okamoto

29 March 2023 in Progress in Nuclear Energy
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HLHui Liang
Hui Liang
NENejdet Erkan
Nejdet Erkan
KWkai wang
kai wang
ASAvadhesh Kumar Sharma
Avadhesh Kumar Sharma
SSShunichi Suzuki
Shunichi Suzuki

1 August 2021 in Progress in Nuclear Energy
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KWkai wang
kai wang
HLHui Liang
Hui Liang
CLChun-Yen LI
Chun-Yen LI
NENejdet Erkan
Nejdet Erkan
KOKoji Okamoto
Koji Okamoto

22 November 2021 in Nuclear Technology
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CLChun-Yen LI
Chun-Yen LI
KWkai wang
kai wang
MPMarco Pellegrini
Marco Pellegrini
NENejdet Erkan
Nejdet Erkan
KOKoji Okamoto
Koji Okamoto
For the Japan Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor (JSFR), should the hypothesized core disruptive accident (CDA) happened, the in-vessel retention (IVR) will be the main target to achieve. In the heat-removal phase of the CDA, the debris bed will be piled up on the debris catcher. The capability of stable cooling and avoiding recriticality on the debris bed will be the main issues for achieving IVR. Previous studies have shown that the homogeneous debris bed can attain stable cooling and eliminate the probability of recriticality. Besides, self-leveling, which is a mechanism redistributing and flattening the debris bed by the natural circulation or vaporization from surrounding coolant, can further suppress the debris bed’s thickness to below the coolable thickness. However, in the real situation, the debris bed is composed of mixed-density debris particles. Hence, when these mixed-density debris particles start to redistribute due to self-leveling, the debris bed will form a heterogeneous density distribution. Under this scenario, the capability of coolability and the probability of recriticality could deviate from the previous study. Therefore, it is necessary to obtain a verified coupled model between the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and the discrete element method (DEM) to track the mixed-density debris particles’ movement under the phenomenon of self-leveling. In this paper, first, the experiments simulating self-leveling on the mixed-density particle bed are performed. Afterward, the random heavy particle movement’s experimental data are extracted and transformed into the statistics form as the benchmark materials. Finally, the CFD-DEM model is validated via a series of sensitivity studies. The verified CFD-DEM can be expected to simulate the self-leveling behavior on the mixed-density debris bed and the real reactor case.

5 March 2024 in Nuclear Engineering and Design
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GJGen Jiang
Gen Jiang
MWMou Wang
Mou Wang
KWkai wang
kai wang
SCSongbai Cheng
Songbai Cheng