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http://dx.doi.org/10.6112/kscfe.2014.19.4.029

LARGE EDDY SIMULATION OF THERMAL STRIPING IN THE UPPER PLENUM OF FAST REACTOR  

Choi, S.K. (Fast Reactor Design Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Han, J.W. (Fast Reactor Design Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Kim, D. (Fast Reactor Design Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Lee, T.H. (Fast Reactor Design Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
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Journal of computational fluids engineering / v.19, no.4, 2014 , pp. 29-36 More about this Journal
Abstract
A computational study of a thermal striping in the upper plenum of PGSFR(Prototype Generation-IV Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor) being developed at the KAERI(Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) is presented. The LES(Large Eddy Simulation) approach is employed for the simulation of thermal striping in the upper plenum of the PGSFR. The LES is performed using the WALE (Wall-Adapting Local Eddy-viscosity) model. More than 19.7 million unstructured elements are generated in upper plenum region of the PGSFR using the CFX-Mesh commercial code. The time-averaged velocity components and temperature field in the complicated upper plenum of the PGSFR are presented. The time history of temperature fluctuation at the eight locations of solid walls of UIS(Upper Internal Structure) and IHX(Intermediate Heat eXchanger) are additionally stored. It has been confirmed that the most vulnerable regions to thermal striping are the first plate of UIS. From the temporal variation of temperature at the solid walls, it was possible to find the locations where the thermal stress is large and need to assess whether the solid structures can endure the thermal stress during the reactor life time.
Keywords
Thermal Striping; Computational Fluid Dynamics; Large Eddy Simulation; Fast Nuclear Reactor;
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