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
Abstract :
Intermediateheatexchanger(IHX)inapool-typeliquidmetalcooledfastbreederreactorisanimportantheatexchangingcomponentasitformsanintermediateboundarybetweentheradioactiveprimarysodiuminthepoolandthenon-radioactivesecondarysodiuminthesteamgenerator(SG).Thethermalloadsduringsteadystateandtransientconditionsimposethermalstressesontheheatexchangertubesandontheshellswhichholdthetubebundle.EstimationofthesethermalloadsandachievinguniformtemperaturedistributioninthetubesandshellsbyhavinguniformflowdistributionsarethemajortasksofthermalhydraulicinvestigationsofIHX.Throughmulti-dimensionalthermalhydraulicinvestigationsperformedusingcommerciallyavailablecomputercodessuchasPHOENICS,theflowandtemperaturedistributionsinthetubesandshellsandinitssecondarysodiuminletandoutletheadersareobtainedwithandwithoutprovisionsofflowdistributiondevices.TheeffectivenessofthesedevicesinachievingacceptablyuniformflowandtemperaturedistributionshasbeenassessedandthermalloadsonthetubesandshellsforthermomechanicalanalysisoftheIHXhavebeendefined.Thepredictionsofthecomputationalstudieshavebeenvalidatedagainstsimulatedexperiments.
Journal title :
Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
Journal title :
Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
