Research Article
Heat Transfer Calculation on Plate-Type Fuel Assembly of High Flux Research Reactor
Table 1
Thermal-hydraulic parameters of the research reactor.
| | Coolant | Light water | | Coolant flow direction | Downward | | Fuel | U3Si2-Al | | Fuel thermal conductivity (W/m·K) | 50.03 | | Fuel density (kg/m3) | 6030 | | Fuel specific heat (J/kg·K) | 338.4 | | Cladding | Al (6061) | | Cladding thermal conductivity (W/m·K) | 176.01 | | Cladding density (kg/m3) | 2700 | | Cladding specific heat (J/kg·K) | 998.56 | | Max. peak factor | 2.8 | | Inlet coolant temperature (°C) | 35 | | Operating pressure (MPa) | 0.152 | | Number of standard fuel elements | 18 | | Number of control fuel elements | 6 | | Heat generation in core (MW) | 20 | | Hydraulic diameter of subchannel of standard element (equivalent) | 4.41 | | Hydraulic diameter of subchannel of control fuel element (equivalent) | 4.57 |
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