Published June 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

CFD study on supercritical water flow and heat transfer in rectangular channel with mixing vane

  • 1. National Key Laboratory of Bubble Physics and Natural Circulation, Nuclear Power Institute of China, Chengdu (China)
  • 2. School of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong Univ., Shanghai (China)

Description

In order to investigate the mixing vane effect on the characteristic of flow and heat transfer under 25 MPa pressure, numerical study was performed with CFX10 in a rectangular channel with a heating rod in center of it, which was modeled from fuel bundles of supercritical water reactor. The results indicate that mixing vane has the distribution of temperature in cross section of channel more uniformly than that without it, and heat transfer is enhanced by the mixing vane. (authors)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Atomic Energy Science and Technology
Journal Volume
43
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
p. 514-517
ISSN
1000-6931

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Notes
7 figs., 4 refs.