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http://dx.doi.org/10.5855/ENERGY.2012.21.3.254

A Preliminary Experiment for Rayleigh-Benard Natural Convection for Severe Accident Condition  

Moon, Je-Young (Department of Nuclear and Energy Engineering, Institute for Nuclear Science and Technology, Jeju National University)
Chung, Bum-Jin (Department of Nuclear and Energy Engineering, Institute for Nuclear Science and Technology, Jeju National University)
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Abstract
Rayleigh-Benard natural convection experiments were carried out as the preliminary experiment to simulate the natural convection of the core melt at the severe accident conditions. This work focused on the influences of plate separation distance(s), the existence of the side walls and crust geometries of upper and lower plates. Based upon the analogy concept, a cupric acid-copper sulfate electroplating system($H_2SO_4-CuSO_4$) was employed as the mass transfer system and measurements were made for $Ra_s$ ranging from $1.06{\times}10^7$ to $2.91{\times}10^{10}$. The test results measured for a single horizontal plate were in good agreement with the correlation reported by McAdams and those for two horizontal plates showed the similar trend to the existing Rayleigh-Benard heat transfer correlations developed by Dropkin and Somerscales, Globe and Dropkin. The measured heat transfer rate decreased with the increasing separation distance between the two plates and became similar to those for a single horizontal plate. Fin arrays mounted on both upper and lower plates enhanced the heat transfer rates. For all cases, the heat transfer rates measured for open side walls are higher than those for closed ones.
Keywords
Rayleigh-Benard; Natural convection; Severe accident; Core melt; Analogy concept; Electroplating system;
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