Published November 1981 | Version v1
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Effects of different rod spacers (helical types) on coolant crossmixing

  • 1. Gosudarstvennyj Komitet po Ispol'zovaniyu Atomnoj Ehnergii SSSR, Obninsk. Fiziko-Ehnergeticheskij Inst.

Description

The results of investigations (electromagnetic measuring method) on coolant cross mixing in rod clusters with spiral wire spacers with different winding directions, with alternating unfinned and finned rods (case 'fin to rod'), as well as in rod clusters with much space between the rods, (case 'fin to fin') are reported. The local fluid dynamics parameters (distribution of the transversal and longitudinal velocity component) that define the physical processes of the coolant exchange in the rod clusters with helical spacers are explained. The investigation results for different helical spacer types are compared with each other. (orig.)

Availability note (English)

MF available from INIS under the Report Number; Also published in FEI--978, Obninsk, 1980.

Abstract (German)

Es werden die Untersuchungsergebnisse (elektromagnetische Messverfahren) zur Kuehlmittelquervermischung in Stabbuendeln mit Wendeldraht-Abstandshaltern verschiedener Wicklungsrichtungen, mit abwechselnd glatten und berippten Staeben (Fall 'Rippe auf Stab') sowie in Stabbuendeln mit grossen Stababstandsverhaeltnissen (Fall 'Rippe auf Rippe') berichtet. Eroertert werden die lokalen fluiddynamischen Parameter (Verteilungen der transversalen und longitudinalen Geschwindigkeitskomponente), die die physikalischen Vorgaenge des Kuehlmittelaustausches in den Stabbuendeln mit wendelfoermigen Abstandshaltern bestimmen. Die Untersuchungsergebnisse fuer verschiedene Typen wendelfoermiger Abstandshalter werden einander gegenuebergestellt. (orig.)

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Additional titles

Original title (German)
Einfluss verschiedener Stababstandshalter (wendelfoermige Typen) auf die Kuehlmittelquervermischung

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
16 p.
Report number
KFK-tr--672

INIS

Country of Publication
Germany
Country of Input or Organization
Germany
INIS RN
13692640
Subject category
S22: GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS;
Descriptors DEI
FINS; FLUID FLOW; FUEL ELEMENT CLUSTERS; HELICAL CONFIGURATION; HOT SPOTS; MEASURING METHODS; REACTOR CORES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SPACERS; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY
Descriptors DEC
CONFIGURATION; FUEL ASSEMBLIES; REACTOR COMPONENTS

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Notes
Translated from Russian: Vliyanie nekotorykh sposobov distantsionirovaniya sterzhnei (vintovoe orebrenie) na mezhkanal'noe peremeshivanie.