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Title: Investigation of Abnormal Heat Transfer and Flow in a VHTR Reactor Core

Abstract

The main objective of this project was to identify and characterize the conditions under which abnormal heat transfer phenomena would occur in a Very High Temperature Reactor (VHTR) with a prismatic core. High pressure/high temperature experiments have been conducted to obtain data that could be used for validation of VHTR design and safety analysis codes. The focus of these experiments was on the generation of benchmark data for design and off-design heat transfer for forced, mixed and natural circulation in a VHTR core. In particular, a flow laminarization phenomenon was intensely investigated since it could give rise to hot spots in the VHTR core.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [2];  [2];  [2]
  1. City College of New York, NY (United States)
  2. Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
City College of New York, NY (United States); Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE). USDOE Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP)
OSTI Identifier:
1235373
Report Number(s):
DOE/NEUP-11-3218
11-3218; TRN: US1600242
DOE Contract Number:  
AC07-05ID14517
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING; 22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; NATURAL CONVECTION; FORCED CONVECTION; VHTR REACTOR; PRESSURE RANGE MEGA PA 01-10; TEMPERATURE RANGE 0400-1000 K; DESIGN; VALIDATION; HOT SPOTS; SAFETY ANALYSIS; BENCHMARKS; LAMINAR FLOW; REACTOR CORES

Citation Formats

Kawaji, Masahiro, Valentin, Francisco I., Artoun, Narbeh, Banerjee, Sanjoy, Sohal, Manohar, Schultz, Richard, and McEligot, Donald M. Investigation of Abnormal Heat Transfer and Flow in a VHTR Reactor Core. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.2172/1235373.
Kawaji, Masahiro, Valentin, Francisco I., Artoun, Narbeh, Banerjee, Sanjoy, Sohal, Manohar, Schultz, Richard, & McEligot, Donald M. Investigation of Abnormal Heat Transfer and Flow in a VHTR Reactor Core. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1235373
Kawaji, Masahiro, Valentin, Francisco I., Artoun, Narbeh, Banerjee, Sanjoy, Sohal, Manohar, Schultz, Richard, and McEligot, Donald M. 2015. "Investigation of Abnormal Heat Transfer and Flow in a VHTR Reactor Core". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1235373. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1235373.
@article{osti_1235373,
title = {Investigation of Abnormal Heat Transfer and Flow in a VHTR Reactor Core},
author = {Kawaji, Masahiro and Valentin, Francisco I. and Artoun, Narbeh and Banerjee, Sanjoy and Sohal, Manohar and Schultz, Richard and McEligot, Donald M.},
abstractNote = {The main objective of this project was to identify and characterize the conditions under which abnormal heat transfer phenomena would occur in a Very High Temperature Reactor (VHTR) with a prismatic core. High pressure/high temperature experiments have been conducted to obtain data that could be used for validation of VHTR design and safety analysis codes. The focus of these experiments was on the generation of benchmark data for design and off-design heat transfer for forced, mixed and natural circulation in a VHTR core. In particular, a flow laminarization phenomenon was intensely investigated since it could give rise to hot spots in the VHTR core.},
doi = {10.2172/1235373},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1235373}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Dec 21 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Mon Dec 21 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}