Experiemental Study on Heat Transfer of Supercritical Water in Triangular Channel of Reactor Core with Spacer Grid

Wang Weishu; Huang Zhihao; Xu Weihui; Ma Ziqiang; Zhu Xiaojing; Bi Qincheng

doi:10.13832/j.jnpe.2021.05.0090

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Wang Weishu, Huang Zhihao, Xu Weihui, Ma Ziqiang, Zhu Xiaojing, Bi Qincheng. Experiemental Study on Heat Transfer of Supercritical Water in Triangular Channel of Reactor Core with Spacer Grid[J]. Nuclear Power Engineering, 2021, 42(5): 90-95. doi: 10.13832/j.jnpe.2021.05.0090

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Wang Weishu, Huang Zhihao, Xu Weihui, Ma Ziqiang, Zhu Xiaojing, Bi Qincheng. Experiemental Study on Heat Transfer of Supercritical Water in Triangular Channel of Reactor Core with Spacer Grid[J]. Nuclear Power Engineering, 2021, 42(5): 90-95. doi: 10.13832/j.jnpe.2021.05.0090

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Wang Weishu, Huang Zhihao, Xu Weihui, Ma Ziqiang, Zhu Xiaojing, Bi Qincheng. Experiemental Study on Heat Transfer of Supercritical Water in Triangular Channel of Reactor Core with Spacer Grid[J]. Nuclear Power Engineering, 2021, 42(5): 90-95. doi: 10.13832/j.jnpe.2021.05.0090

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Experiemental Study on Heat Transfer of Supercritical Water in Triangular Channel of Reactor Core with Spacer Grid

doi: 10.13832/j.jnpe.2021.05.0090

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Institute of Thermal Energy Engineering, North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Zhengzhou, 450011, China
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School of Energy and Power Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, Liaoning, 116024, China
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State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, 710049, China

Received Date: 2020-07-08
Rev Recd Date: 2021-03-20
Publish Date: 2021-09-30

Abstract

Abstract

The experimental study on supercritical water flow heat transfer is carried out for the vertical upward triangular sub-channels in the supercritical water cooled reactor core with spacer grid. The fuel bundle diameter and pitch ratio of this sub-channel used are 8 mm and 1.4 respectively. The parameters adopted in the research include heat flux (q) ranging from 600 kW/m², pressure (P) ranging from 23-28 MPa, and mass flow rate (G) ranging from 700-1,300 kg/(m²·s). This study analyzes the effect of such thermal parameters as heat flux, pressure and mass flow rate on the heat transfer characteristics of supercritical water. According to the experimental results, with the mass flow rate at the spacer grid increasing, the fluid disturbance increases and the heat transfer coefficient rises significantly; under the supercritical pressure, the inner surface temperature increases with the increasing pressure, and consequently, the peak heat transfer coefficient decreases; as the peak heat transfer coefficient reduces at an excessively high heat flux, the heat transfer performance can be improved when the heat flux is reduced properly; increasing the mass flow rate causes the drop of inner surface temperature and the increase of peak heat transfer coefficient, and thus can significantly improve the heat transfer performance; and the pressure change has little effect on the heat transfer characteristics in the vicinity of spacer grid, and however, the system safety can be improved by increasing the pressure properly.
- Supercritical water,
- Triangular sub-channel,
- Heat transfer,
- Experimental study

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