Heat transfer to water from a vertical tube bundle under natural-circulation conditions. [PWR; BWR]
The natural circulation heat transfer data for longitudinal flow of water outside a vertical rod bundle are needed for developing correlations which can be used in best estimate computer codes to model thermal-hydraulic behavior of nuclear reactor cores under accident or shutdown conditions. The heat transfer coefficient between the fuel rod surface and the coolant is the key parameter required to predict the fuel temperature. Because of the absence of the required heat transfer coefficient data base under natural circulation conditions, experiments have been performed in a natural circulation loop. A seven-tube bundle having a pitch-to-diameter ratio of 1.25 was used as a test heat exchanger. A circulating flow was established in the loop, because of buoyancy differences between its two vertical legs. Steady-state and transient heat transfer measurements have been made over as wide a range of thermal conditions as possible with the system. Steady state heat transfer data were correlated in terms of relevant dimensionless parameters. Empirical correlations for the average Nusselt number, in terms of Reynolds number, Rayleigh number and the ratio of Grashof to Reynolds number are given.
- Research Organization:
- Purdue Univ., Lafayette, IN (USA). School of Mechanical Engineering
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31-109-ENG-38
- OSTI ID:
- 6453320
- Report Number(s):
- NUREG/CR-3167; ANL-83-7; ON: DE83008459; TRN: 83-010419
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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