• Title of article

    Heattransferfromatotallyblockedfuelsubassemblyofaliquidmetalfastbreederreactor:PartI.ExperimentalinvestigationOriginalResearchArticle

  • Author/Authors

    Ch.S.Y.Suresh، نويسنده , , G.Sateesh، نويسنده , , SaritK.Das، نويسنده , , S.P.Venkateshan، نويسنده , , M.Rajan، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2005
  • Pages
    11
  • From page
    885
  • To page
    895
  • Abstract
    Thesafetyissuesofliquidmetalfastbreederreactors(LMFBR)arecrucialduetothefactthatahighlyreactiveandhazardousfluidlikeliquidsodiumisusedascoolant.Oneoftheextremecases,whichcanoccurinafuelsubassemblyofanLMFBR,isatotalblockageofliquidinsidethesubassembly,whichmayleadtoboilingofsodium.Thepresentstudyaddressesthisproblembyconductingexperimentsona19-rodbundleassemblyenclosedinsideatallhexagonalenclosure.Liquidsodiumisusedastheheattransferfluid.Thenaturalconvectionmodeofheattransferisthemainfocusofinvestigationwithaco-flowingairthroughanannularpackedbedtosimulatetheneighbouringsubassemblies.Themaximumtemperatureachievedunderdifferentratesofpowergenerationsandairflowconditionsareobserved.Alsotheradialtemperaturedistributionsatdifferentplanesunderdifferentoperatingconditionsofpowerandairflowrateshavebeenobserved.TheresultsareofsignificantimportanceforvalidatinganalysisforthepurposeofpredictionofboilingincipienceinanLMFBRsubassemblyundertotallyblockedcondition.
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Serial Year
    2005
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Record number

    894895