Title of article
Thermalhydraulicinvestigationsofintermediateheatexchangerinapool-typefastbreederreactorOriginalResearchArticle
Author/Authors
R.Gajapathy، نويسنده , , K.Velusamy، نويسنده , , P.Selvaraj، نويسنده , , P.Chellapandi، نويسنده , , S.C.Chetal، نويسنده , , T.Sundararajan، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2008
Pages
15
From page
1577
To page
1591
Abstract
Intermediateheatexchanger(IHX)inapool-typeliquidmetalcooledfastbreederreactorisanimportantheatexchangingcomponentasitformsanintermediateboundarybetweentheradioactiveprimarysodiuminthepoolandthenon-radioactivesecondarysodiuminthesteamgenerator(SG).Thethermalloadsduringsteadystateandtransientconditionsimposethermalstressesontheheatexchangertubesandontheshellswhichholdthetubebundle.EstimationofthesethermalloadsandachievinguniformtemperaturedistributioninthetubesandshellsbyhavinguniformflowdistributionsarethemajortasksofthermalhydraulicinvestigationsofIHX.Throughmulti-dimensionalthermalhydraulicinvestigationsperformedusingcommerciallyavailablecomputercodessuchasPHOENICS,theflowandtemperaturedistributionsinthetubesandshellsandinitssecondarysodiuminletandoutletheadersareobtainedwithandwithoutprovisionsofflowdistributiondevices.TheeffectivenessofthesedevicesinachievingacceptablyuniformflowandtemperaturedistributionshasbeenassessedandthermalloadsonthetubesandshellsforthermomechanicalanalysisoftheIHXhavebeendefined.Thepredictionsofthecomputationalstudieshavebeenvalidatedagainstsimulatedexperiments.
Journal title
Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
Serial Year
2008
Journal title
Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
Record number
895115
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