Heat and mass transfer in turbulent flow of the N2O4 r reversible 2NO2 r reversible 2NO + O2 system in a rod bundle contained in a hexagonal jacket

A model is proposed for heat and mass transfer in a flowing dissociating liquid coolant in a nuclear fuel rod bundle in a hexagonal jacket. The temperature pattern in the liquid and in a heat-conducting rod was determined from general solutions to the conduction equations for rods and shells. Calculations are specifically constructed for determining the longitudinal flow and heat transfer of a N24 coolant in the peripheral (lateral and corner) channels of the rod groups. The turbulent transfer coefficients were calculated from Buleev's model. The finite-element method was used to derive unknown quantities of the velocity and temperature. Expressions were also found for modeling heat transfer in the frozen and chemically reacting flow components of the coolant. The algorithm is intended for reducing the temperature nonuniformity in parametric fuel rod bundle design calculations