Experimental analysis of pressure drop and flow redistribution in axial flows in rod bundles

AUTOR(ES)

Franco, Carlos Bastos, Carajilescov, Pedro

FONTE

Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2000

RESUMO

Fuel elements of PWR type nuclear reactors consist of rod bundles, arranged in a square array, and held by spacer grids. The coolant flows, mainly, axially along the rods. Although such elements are laterally open, experiments are performed in closed type test sections, originating the appearance of subchannels with different geometries. In the present work, utilizing a test section of two bundles of 4x4 pins each, experiments were performed to determine the friction and the grid drag coefficients for the different subchannels and to observe the effect of the grids in the crossflow, in cases of inlet flow maldistribution.

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