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EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 247, 2021
PHYSOR2020 – International Conference on Physics of Reactors: Transition to a Scalable Nuclear Future
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Article Number | 11003 | |
Number of page(s) | 10 | |
Section | Reactor Operations | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202124711003 | |
Published online | 22 February 2021 |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202124711003
ASSESSMENT OF HEAT TRANSFER IN FUEL CHANNEL OF INDIAN PHWR UNDER POSTULATED LARGE BREAK LOSS OF COOLANT ACCIDENT: EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL STUDY
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee-247667, India
kajay@me.iitr.ac.in
ravikfme@iitr.ac.in
akhilfme@iitr.ac.in
Published online: 22 February 2021
The behaviour of the channel under postulated large break LOCA scenario had been a prime safety concern. The radiative heat transfer is predominant in a channel when the convective cooling environment is marred. The estimation of temperature distribution in the fuel pins at elevated temperature is essential from the point of view of hydrogen gas generation and release of fission products. In this paper, the thermal characteristics of a channel for Indian PHWR under critical break failure is studied using experimental and numerical techniques. The experiment is carried out on an Indian PHWR having a fuel bundle of 37-fuel elements. The temperature profiles for different parts of the simulated channel comprising of fuel pins, PT and CT are obtained under steady condition. The numerical analysis is also performed using ANSYS Fluent 19.0. From the study, it is found that there is a significant radial temperature gradient in the fuel bundle from the center ring to the outer ring. Also, no significant circumferential temperature gradient is observed in the fuel bundle, PT and CT.
Key words: Bundle radiation heat transfer / PHWR / LOCA
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