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Title: Stress and Heat Transfer Analyses for Different Channel Arrangements of PCHE

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OSTI ID:957510

Stress and heat transfer analyses are being performed on the different channel arrangements of Printed Circuit Heat Exchanger (PCHE) proposed for application of VHTRs using ABAQUS [ABAQUS, 2007] and COMSOL [COMSOL, 2007], respectively. The work is being done to determine the configuration that would result in minimum stress for the same heat performance. This paper discusses the effects of shifting the coolant channels in every other row to reduce stress.

Research Organization:
Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
DOE - NE
DOE Contract Number:
DE-AC07-99ID-13727
OSTI ID:
957510
Report Number(s):
INL/CON-08-14519; TRN: US1000612
Resource Relation:
Conference: ANS Winter Meeting,Reno, Nevada,11/09/2008,11/13/2008
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English