• Proceedings of the SAREK Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.191-196
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• 2007

This paper presents the measuring technique for local heat transfer coefficients using a copper sensor in a rod bundle with mixing vanes. A copper sensor consists of a cartridge heater and four pieces of thermocouple. The Heater is located at the center of the copper sensor and thermocouples measure the surface temperature of the copper sensor. Unheated copper sensor and heated copper sensor are able to measure the local heat transfer coefficient at the position where the heated copper sensor is installed. However the entire region of a rod bundle is actually not heated, the decay of local heat transfer coefficients measured represents overestimated value rather than an actual value. The calibration curve for local heat transfer coefficients is presented using the correction factor calculated by CFD.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.41 no.1
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• pp.53-62
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• 2017

The forced convection heat transfer performance of a twist-vane spacer grid for a dual-cooled annular fuel assembly was examined experimentally. The twist-vane spacer grid was uniquely designed to enhance mixing inside subchannels and mixing between adjacent subchannels. For testing, a $4{\times}4$ square-arrayed rod bundle with narrow gaps between rods was prepared as the dual-cooled annular fuel assembly to be simulated. The pitch-to-rod diameter ratio of simulated dual-cooled annular fuel assembly was 1.08. The experiments were performed under the following conditions: axial bulk velocity, 1.5 m/s and heat flux, $26kW/m^2$. With regard to the circumferential temperature distribution, the lowest rod-wall temperatures upstream and downstream were measured at the subchannel center and the position toward the tip of twist-vane, respectively. With regard to the axial temperature distribution, behind the twist-vane spacer grid, the rod-wall temperature decreased drastically, and the Nusselt number was enhanced by up to 56 %. The present measured data indicate that the twist-vane spacer grid can effectively improve the forced convection heat transfer in the dual-cooled annular fuel assembly with narrow gaps.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1998.05b
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• pp.503-508
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• 1998

연구용원자로인 하나로(HANARO)에서 중성자 조사된 캡슐 및 핵연료다발을 절단 및 해체하기 위한 장비인 캡슐절단기를 개발하여 조사재시험시설(IMEF)의 M2 핫셀(hot cell)에 설치하였다. 재료 및 핵연료의 개발을 위해 하나로에서 조사되는 캡슐 및 핵연료다발의 절단 및 해체는 핵연료봉 및 캡슐내부에 내장되어 있는 시편에 손상 및 결함이 발생하지 않도록 하는 것이 매우 중요하며, 이러한 장비는 핫셀의 작업구역에서 원격조작기를 사용하여 원격으로 조작이 용이하도록 설계 및 제작되어야 한다. 이에 조사재시험시설에서 개발한 캡슐절단기는 가공물이 회전 및 좌우이송, 절단용 철이 회전 및 전후이송이 각각 되도록 하였고, 핫셀내에 설치하기 전에 가공에 필요한 최적의 조건을 설정하였다. 그리고 핫셀내 설치후 중성자에 조사되지 않은 하나로용 핵연료다발과 조사된 무계장캡슐을 건식상태로 절단 및 해체하여 장비 성능을 확인하였다.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2001.06d
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• pp.195-200
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• 2001

An experimental study on critical heat flux (CHF) has been performed for water flow in a uniformly heated vertical 3 by 3 rod bundle under low flow and a wide range of pressure conditions. The objective of this study is to investigate the parametric trends of CHF with 3 by 3 rod bundle test section where three unheated rods exist. The general trends of the CHF are coincident with previous understandings. At low flow and system pressure above 3 MPa, some critical qualities are larger than 1.0 due to counter-current flow in test sections. Since there is a supply of water to the heated section from unheated section, the maximum CHFs at system pressure between 2 and 4 MPa are not shown.

• The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.9-14
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• 2007

The purpose of present work is to analyze the convective heat transfer downstream of mixing vane in subchannel of nuclear reactor with three-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations. SST model is selected as a turbulence closure by comparing the performances of two different turbulent closures. Three different shapes of mixing vane are tested. And, thermal-hydraulic performances of these vanes are discussed. The results show that twist of the vane improves the heat transfer performance far downstream of the vane.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.27 no.6
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• pp.932-937
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• 1995

1990년 12월 카나다의 Darlington 2호기에서 발생한 핵연료 다발의 양쪽 지지판에 있는 지지 금속판의 파손은 펌프 날개 통과 압력 충격파가 Acoustic 성격으로 중폭되어 연료봉지지판의 파손을 일으킨 것으로 추정되었고 이에 따른 주열수송계통에 대한 ABAQUS를 이용한 Acoustic 해석과 수많은 실험을 거쳐 Acoustic 압력 충격파가 핵연료 다발의 연료봉 지지판 파손 원인임이 입증되었다. 이러한 Acoustic 해석과 실험의 결과로써 Darlington 발전소의 열수송 펌프를 5 날개 펌프에서 7 날개 펌프로 교체시키게 되었으며 그 결과 핵연료 스트링의 축방향 진동을 감소시켜 연료봉 지지판의 파손을 방지하게 되었다. 이러한 사례로 인하여 최근 CANDU형 원자로 열수송 계통의 Acoustic 해석에 대한 연구가 AECL의 Chalk River Laboratory와 COG(CANDU Owners Group)에서 활발하게 진행되고 있다. 이 기고문에서는 매우 새로운 분야로써 현재 이루어지고 있는 CANDU형 원자로 열수송 계통의 Acoustic 해석을 위한 해석 이론과 해석 방법을 간단히 요약 정리하였다.

• Proceedings of the SAREK Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.300-305
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• 2005

The present experimental study investigates single-phase heat transfer coefficients downstream of support grid in $6{\times}6$ rod bundles. Support grid with split mixing vanes enhance heat transfer in rod bundles by generating it make turbulence. But this turbulence is confined to short distance. Support grid with LSVF mixing vanes enhanced heat transfer to longer distance. The corresponding Reynolds number investigated in the present study is Re=30,000. The heat transfer coefficients are measured using heated and unheated copper sensor.

• The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.7-13
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• 2009

The purposes of present work are to analyze the convective heat transfer with three-dimensional Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes analysis, and to optimize shape of the mixing vane using the analysis results. Response surface method is employed as an optimization technique. The objective function is defined as a combination of inverse of heat transfer rate and friction loss. Two bend angles of mixing vane are selected as design variables. Thermal-hydraulic performances have been discussed and optimum shape has been obtained as a function of weighting factor in the objective function. The results show that the optimized geometry improves the heat transfer performance far downstream of the mixing vane.

• Journal of computational fluids engineering
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.1-8
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• 2009

The purposes of present work are to analyze the convective heat transfer with three-dimensional Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes analysis, and to optimize shape of the mixing vane taken tolerance into consideration by using the analysis results. Response surface method is employed as an optimization technique. The objective function is defined as a combination of heat transfer rate and inverse of pressure drop. Two bend angles of mixing vane are selected as design variables. Thermal-hydraulic performances have been discussed and optimum shape has been obtained as a function of weighting factor in the objective function. The results show that the optimized geometry improves the heat transfer performance far downstream of the mixing vane.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.119-119
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• 2003