Fundamental Thermal Fluid Physics of High Temperature Flows in Advanced Reactor Systems - Nuclear Energy Research Initiative Program Interoffice Work Order (IWO) MSF99-0254 Final Report for Period 1 August 1999 to 31 December 2002

Technical Report · Tue Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 2002

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/822187· OSTI ID:822187

McEligot, D M; Condie, K G; Foust, T D; McCreery, G E; Pink, R J; Stacey, D E ^[1]; Shenoy, A; Baccaglini, G ^[2]; Pletcher, R H ^[3]; Wallace, J M; Vukoslavcevic, P ^[4]; Jackson, J D ^[5]; Kunugi, T ^[6]; Satake, S -i ^[7]

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1. INEEL
2. General Atomics
3. Iowa State U.
4. U. Maryland
5. U. Manchester, UK
6. Kyoto U., Japan
7. Tokyo U. Science, Japan

The ultimate goal of the study is the improvement of predictive methods for safety analyses and design of advanced reactors for higher efficiency and enhanced safety and for deployable reactors for electrical power generation, process heat utilization and hydrogen generation. While key applications would be advanced gas-cooled reactors (AGCRs) using the closed Brayton cycle (CBC) for higher efficiency (such as the proposed Gas Turbine - Modular Helium Reactor (GT-MHR) of General Atomics [Neylan and Simon, 1996]), results of the proposed research should also be valuable in reactor systems with supercritical flow or superheated vapors, e.g., steam. Higher efficiency leads to lower cost/kwh and reduces life-cycle impacts of radioactive waste (by reducing waters/kwh). The outcome will also be useful for some space power and propulsion concepts and for some fusion reactor concepts as side benefits, but they are not the thrusts of the investigation. The objective of the project is to provide fundamental thermal fluid physics knowledge and measurements necessary for the development of the improved methods for the applications.

• Research Organization: Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology (NE) (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-99ID13727
• OSTI ID: 822187
• Report Number(s): INEEL/EXT-02-01613; TRN: US0401189
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 31 Dec 2002
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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