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ASSESSMENT OF THE TiO2/WATER NANOFLUID EFFECTS ON HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS IN VVER-1000 NUCLEAR REACTOR USING CFD MODELING

  • MOUSAVIZADEH, SEYED MOHAMMAD (Department of Nuclear Engineering, Faculty of Advanced Sciences and Technology, University of Isfahan) ;
  • ANSARIFAR, GHOLAM REZA (Department of Nuclear Engineering, Faculty of Advanced Sciences and Technology, University of Isfahan) ;
  • TALEBI, MANSOUR (Department of Nuclear Engineering, Faculty of Advanced Sciences and Technology, University of Isfahan)
  • Received : 2015.05.16
  • Accepted : 2015.07.14
  • Published : 2015.12.25
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Abstract

The most important advantage of nanoparticles is the increased thermal conductivity coefficient and convection heat transfer coefficient so that, as a result of using a 1.5% volume concentration of nanoparticles, the thermal conductivity coefficient would increase by about twice. In this paper, the effects of a nanofluid ($TiO_2$/water) on heat transfer characteristics such as the thermal conductivity coefficient, heat transfer coefficient, fuel clad, and fuel center temperatures in a VVER-1000 nuclear reactor are investigated. To this end, the cell equivalent of a fuel rod and its surrounding coolant fluid were obtained in the hexagonal fuel assembly of a VVER-1000 reactor. Then, a fuel rod was simulated in the hot channel using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation codes and thermohydraulic calculations (maximum fuel temperature, fluid outlet, Minimum Departure from Nucleate Boiling Ratio (MDNBR), etc.) were performed and compared with a VVER-1000 reactor without nanoparticles. One of the most important results of the analysis was that heat transfer and the thermal conductivity coefficient increased, and usage of the nanofluid reduced MDNBR.

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