Structure of Turbulent Flow in the Pin Bundles of the BREST-OD-300
| Authors: Fomichev D.V., Solonin V.I. | Published: 19.06.2015 |
| Published in issue: #3(102)/2015 | |
| Category: Power Engineering | Chapter: Nuclear Power Plants, Fuel Cycle, Radiation Safety | |
| Keywords: wire-spaces fuel assembly, turbulent flow structure, computational fluid dynamics | |
The paper presents the results of the numerical simulation of 37-pins prototyping fuel assemblies of the reactor plant BREST-OD-300, which are spaced by a bifilar-helix wire wrapper of the "wire to wire" type. It shows the differential static pressure distributions as well as velocity components and the turbulent flow structure in a volume ofpin bundles of the prototyping fuel assemblies.The turbulent flow structure in a volume of pin bundles is analyzed.
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