Distribution of liquid sodium in the inlet plenum of steam generator in a Fast Breeder Reactor

被引：5

作者：

Patil, Laxman T. ^{[1
]}

Patwardhan, A. W. ^{[1
]}

Padmakumar, G. ^{[2
]}

Vaidyanathan, G. ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Inst Chem Technol, Dept Chem Engn, Bombay 400019, Maharashtra, India

[2] Indira Gandhi Ctr Atom Res, Expt Thermal Hydraul Sect, Separat Technol & Hydraul Div, Fast Reactor Technol Grp, Kalpakkam 603102, Tamil Nadu, India

来源：

NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN | 2010年 / 240卷 / 04期

关键词：

FLOW;

D O I：

10.1016/j.nucengdes.2009.12.004

中图分类号：

TL [原子能技术]; O571 [原子核物理学];

学科分类号：

0827 ; 082701 ;

摘要：

Experimental and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) investigations have been carried out on a 1/5th scale model of the inlet plenum of steam generator(SG) used in the Fast Breeder Reactor(FBR) technology. The distribution of liquid sodium in the inlet plenum of the steam generator strongly affects the thermal as well as mechanical performance of the steam generator. In the present work, flow distribution in a scaled down model has been investigated. Various strategies adopted for obtaining uniform flow distribution have been evaluated. Experiments have been conducted to measure the axial and radial velocity distributions using Ultrasonic Velocity Profiler (UVP) under a variety of geometries. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) studies have been carried out for various geometries. On the basis of these experiments and CFD simulations, various flow distribution devices have been compared. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：850 / 859

页数：10

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