Dependency of the Reynolds number on the water flow through the perforated tube
- Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Energy Machines, Námestie slobody 17, 812 31 Bratislava (Slovakia)
Safe and effective loading of nuclear reactor fuel assemblies demands qualitative and quantitative analysis of the relationship between the coolant temperature in the fuel assembly outlet, measured by the thermocouple, and the mean coolant temperature profile in the thermocouple plane position. It is not possible to perform the analysis directly in the reactor, so it is carried out using measurements on the physical model, and the CFD fuel assembly coolant flow models. The CFD models have to be verified and validated in line with the temperature and velocity profile obtained from the measurements of the cooling water flowing in the physical model of the fuel assembly. Simplified physical model with perforated central tube and its validated CFD model serve to design of the second physical model of the fuel assembly of the nuclear reactor VVER 440. Physical model will be manufactured and installed in the laboratory of the Institute of Energy Machines, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava.
- OSTI ID:
- 22608636
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 1745; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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