MODELING OF SHUTDOWN HEAT REMOVAL FROM AN INNOVATIVE REACTOR BY NATURAL CIRCULATION OF AIR.

Fan-bill B. Cheung, B. J. Tsai, D. Y. Sohn, A. Hunsbedt, E. L. Gleukler

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Abstract

The process of fully developed turbulent flow of air in a vertical parallel-plate channel that is induced entirely by buoyancy due to the difference in density between the air inside and outside of the channel is studied analytically, taking full account of the effects of asymmetric heating of the channel and surface radiation from the hotter plate to the cooler plate. The present model is employed to predict the performance of an innovative reactor air-cooling system under shutdown heat removal conditions.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fluids Engineering Division (Publication) FED
EditorsJ.H. Kim, Y.A. Hassan
PublisherASME
Pages291-298
Number of pages8
Volume61
StatePublished - 1987

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Engineering

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