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中国物理学会期刊

氮化铀核燃料烧结过程的相场模拟

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Phase-field simulation of sintering process of uranium nitride nuclear fuel

CSTR: 32037.14.aps.75.20250754
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  • 本文构建了基于巨势(grand potential)的氮化铀烧结相场模型, 模型中同时考虑了物质扩散过程和颗粒的刚体运动过程, 该模型可以扩大界面宽度以增大模拟体系的空间尺度. 首先, 对所构建模型进行验证分析, 界面平衡后相场变量呈现出对称分布, 颗粒的刚体运动机制可以显著促进致密化过程. 然后, 模拟了不同温度下的双颗粒烧结过程, 结果表明烧结颈的增长过程符合幂函数关系, 幂指数n为7.14, 表明该过程中的主要传质机制为表面扩散. 随着烧结温度的升高, 烧结颈增长速率加快, 晶界内部的空位最大偏析量增大. 最后, 研究了不同温度下的多颗粒烧结过程, 烧结颈之间接触重叠形成复杂的晶界结构, 内部孔隙由不规则形状向圆弧形转化. 致密化过程中孔隙先是以空位的形式富集在晶界处, 再沿晶界传输至外部气相或体积更大的孔隙中. 平均孔径先缓慢增大后保持稳定. 随着烧结温度由1723 K升高至1873 K, 致密化程度不断加深.

     

    Owing to its high thermal conductivity and uranium density, uranium nitride (UN) has great application prospects in various nuclear facilities. However, sintering is an important step during the preparation of UN fuel, and the properties of UN pellets in reactor are significantly affected by sintering parameters. Therefore, using numerical simulation techniques to investigate the sintering mechanism of UN fuel is of great significance. In this work, a UN sintering phase-field model based on grand potential is established, which simultaneously considers the rigid body motion of particles and the mass diffusion. This model enables the expansion of the interface width, thereby increasing the spatial scale of the simulation system. Firstly, a validation analysis of the constructed model is conducted. The phase-field variables are symmetrically distributed at the local equilibrium interface. The rigid body motion of particles significantly promotes the densification process. Subsequently, the sintering process of two particles is simulated at different temperatures. The results show that the growth of the sintering neck follows a power function relationship, with a power exponent n of 7.14, indicating that the dominant mass transfer mechanism is surface diffusion. As the sintering temperature increases, the sintering neck growth accelerates, and the maximum concentration of vacancies within the grain boundary increases. Finally, the multi-particle sintering is investigated at different temperatures. The contact and overlap between sintering necks form a complex grain boundary structure, and the internal pores transform from irregular to circular shapes. During densification, vacancies originating from pores separate into grain boundaries and then diffuse into the external gas phase or larger pores. The average pore size initially increases slowly and then remains stable. As the sintering temperature increases from 1723 K to 1873 K, the degree of densification progressively improves.

     

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