Multidimensional numerical modeling of heat exchangers. [LMFBR]
A comprehensive, multidimensional, thermal-hydraulic model is developed for the analysis of shell-and-tube heat exchangers for liquid-metal services. For the shellside fluid, the conservation equations of mass, momentum, and energy for continuum fluids are modified using the concept of porosity, surface permeability and distributed resistance to account for the blockage effects due to the presence of heat-transfer tubes, flow baffles/shrouds, the support plates, etc. On the tubeside, the heat-transfer tubes are connected in parallel between the inlet and outlet plenums, and tubeside flow distribution is calculated based on the plenum-to-plenum pressure difference being equal for all tubes. It is assumed that the fluid remains single-phase on the shell side and may undergo phase-change on the tube side, thereby simulating the conditions of Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor (LMFBR) intermediate heat exchangers (IHX) and steam generators (SG).
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab., IL (USA); FW Energy Applications, Inc., Livingston, NJ (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31-109-ENG-38
- OSTI ID:
- 6403658
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-820705-11; ON: DE83009048
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 2. joint ASME/ANS nuclear engineering conference, Portland, OR, USA, 25 Jul 1982; Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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