Validation of the COTENP Code: A Steady-State Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis Code for Nuclear Reactors with Plate Type Fuel Assemblies

Table 6

Main operational and geometric parameters of CARR research reactor [7, 28].

Reactor parameter	Data	Note
Thermal power reactor[M]	56	Depends on irradiation necessity
Number of Fuel assembly	21
(i) Standard FA	17
(ii) Open FA	4
Total coolant flow rate [m^3/h]	2650
Outlet Pressure [Mpa]	0.62
Inlet temperature [°C]	45
Power Density [W/cm^3]	568
Core radius [m]	0.4
Height of active area [m]	0.85
Number of fuel plates:
(i) Standard FA	21
Fuel meat dimensions [mm]	0.76 x 77.2 x 850	Data taken from [28, 29]
Thickness of coolant channel [mm]	2.59	[29]
Clad thickness[mm]	0.38	[29]
Thermal conductivity of U3Si2-Al [W/m K]	50.03	[28]
Clad thermal conductivity [W/m K]	176.01	[28]

, Fuel assembly.