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http://dx.doi.org/10.3795/KSME-B.2013.37.12.1069

Investigation of Condensation Heat Transfer Correlation of Heat Exchanger Design in Secondary Passive Cooling System  

Ju, Yun Jae (School of Mechanical Systems Engineering, Kookmin Univ.)
Kang, Han-Ok (Advanced Reactor Development Institute, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Lee, Tae-Ho (Advanced Reactor Development Institute, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Park, Cheon-Tae (Advanced Reactor Development Institute, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Lee, Hee Joon (School of Mechanical Systems Engineering, Kookmin Univ.)
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Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B / v.37, no.12, 2013 , pp. 1069-1078 More about this Journal
Abstract
Recently, condensation heat exchangers have been studied for applications to the passive cooling systems of nuclear plants. To design vertical-type condensation heat exchangers in secondary passive cooling systems, TSCON (Thermal Sizing of CONdenser), a thermal sizing program for a condensation heat exchanger, was developed at KAERI (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute). In this study, the existing condensation heat transfer correlation of TSCON was evaluated using 1,157 collected experimental data points from the heat exchanger of a secondary passive cooling system for the case of pure steam condensation. The investigation showed that the Shah correlation, published in 2009, provided the most satisfactory results for the heat transfer coefficient with a mean absolute error of 34.8%. It is suggested that the Shah correlation is appropriate for designing a condensation heat exchanger in TSCON.
Keywords
Condensation; Heat Transfer; Heat Exchanger; Correlation; Water Pool; Cooling Jacket;
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