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Development of a porous body model for decay heat removal studies in a pool type sodium cooled fast reactor
Date Issued
2012
Author(s)
Sarathy, UP
Sundararajan, T
Balaji, C
Velusamy, K
Abstract
In this paper, the primary heat transport circuit of a pool type fast breeder reactor has been analyzed to demonstrate its decay heat removal capability without exceeding design safety limits even under complete power failure condition leading to natural convection flow in the system. A three dimensional model of large sodium pool (similar to 12m diameter) and complex inter-wrapper flow path through narrow gaps (3.4 mm) between a large number of heat generating subassemblies is simplified to a semi-3D porous body model which is computationally less intensive. The proposed semi-3D model has been validated against the detailed three dimensional model. The analysis has been carried out using the general purpose CFD code STAR-CD. The predicted results demonstrate that the decay heat removal system is conducive for natural convection and can remove the heat, keeping all the important temperatures within design safety limits.
Volume
4