The numerical simulation of two-phase flow heat transfer of the dual-coolant waste transmutation blanket for the FDS-I

Author

Wang, W. ; Yuan, X. ; Liu, S. ; Bai, Y. ; Zhang, T.

Author_Institution

New Star Inst. of Appl. Technol., Hefei

fYear

2007

fDate

17-21 June 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

The numerical simulation of two-phase flow heat transfer of the dual-coolant waste transmutation blanket for the FDS-I are studied using the computational fluid dynamics FLUENT code. The Eulerian-Eulerian model has been used taking into account fuel particle distribution, variability of viscosity, and velocity slippage between phases. The energy equations are modified to describe the unique characteristics of the two-phase flow. The fuel particle volume fraction and temperature distribution are calculated. The correlations between fuel temperature and particle size and power density have been established as a reference to the fuel particle design and the safety analysis of fuel particle circulation. The results demonstrate the newly-developed approaches for numerical simulation can benefit the thermal-hydraulic analyses of the liquid breeder blanket.

Keywords

computational fluid dynamics; fusion reactor blankets; fusion reactor design; fusion reactor fuel; fusion reactor safety; heat transfer; nuclear engineering computing; particle size; radioactive waste processing; two-phase flow; viscosity; FDS-I; FLUENT code; computational fluid dynamics; dual-coolant waste transmutation blanket; energy equations; eulerian-eulerian model; fuel particle design; heat transfer; liquid breeder blanket; numerical simulation; particle size; power density; safety analysis; temperature distribution; thermal-hydraulic analyses; two-phase flow; velocity slippage; viscosity; volume fraction; Computational fluid dynamics; Discrete wavelet transforms; Fluid flow; Fuels; Heat transfer; Helium; Numerical simulation; Physics; Plasma temperature; Waste heat;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Fusion Engineering, 2007. SOFE 2007. 2007 IEEE 22nd Symposium on

Conference_Location

Albuquerque, NM

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1193-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1194-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FUSION.2007.4337895

Filename

4337895