Published 2000 | Version v1
Report

Predicted and measured flow and temperature distributions in a facility for simulating in-reactor moderator circulation

  • 1. Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Chalk River, Ontario (Canada)
  • 2. Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Mississauga, Ontario (Canada)

Description

The Computational Fluid Dynamics code, MODTURC-CLAS, has been validated against experimental data obtained in the Moderator Test Facility at the Chalk River Laboratories of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited. The MTF is an integral scaled facility built to investigate moderator behaviour, having the key characteristics of a full-scale CANDU nuclear reactor calandria vessel. Predicted three-dimensional fluid flow and temperature distributions within the MTF vessel are in good agreement with the experimental data, which represent a range of operating conditions of the moderator in the recent CANDU 9 design. (author)

Availability note (English)

Available from Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Chalk River, Ontario (Canada)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
7 p.
Report number
AECL-CONF--00129

Conference

Title
8. Annual conference of the CFD Society of Canada
Dates
11-13 Jun 2000
Place
Montreal, Quebec (Canada)

INIS

Country of Publication
Canada
Country of Input or Organization
Canada
INIS RN
38037441
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
CANDU TYPE REACTORS; FLUID MECHANICS; MODERATORS; REACTOR CORES; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION
Descriptors DEC
HEAVY WATER MODERATED REACTORS; MECHANICS; POWER REACTORS; PRESSURE TUBE REACTORS; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTORS; THERMAL REACTORS

Optional Information

Notes
2 refs., 4 figs.