Numerical investigation on vortex behavior in wire-wrapped fuel assembly for a sodium fast reactor
- Authors
- Song, Min Seop; Jeong, Jae Ho; Kim, Eung Soo
- Issue Date
- Jun-2019
- Publisher
- KOREAN NUCLEAR SOC
- Keywords
- Sodium-cooled fast reactor; Wire-wrapped fuel bundle; Computational fluid dynamics; Vortex identification
- Citation
- NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, v.51, no.3, pp.665 - 675
- Journal Title
- NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
- Volume
- 51
- Number
- 3
- Start Page
- 665
- End Page
- 675
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/78564
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.net.2018.12.012
- ISSN
- 1738-5733
- Abstract
- The wire-wrapped fuel bundle is an assembly design in a sodium-cooled fast reactor. A wire spacer is used to maintain a constant gap between rods and to enhance the mixing of coolants. The wire makes the flow complicated by creating a sweeping flow and vortex flow. The vortex affects the flow field and heat transfer inside the subchannels. However, studies on vortices in this geometry are limited. The purpose of this research is to investigate the vortex flow created in the wire-wrapped fuel bundle. For analysis, a RANS-based numerical analysis was conducted for a 37-pin geometry. The sensitivity study shows that simulation with the shear stress transport model is appropriate. For the case of Re of 37,100, the mechanisms of onset, periodicity, and rotational direction were analyzed. The vortex structures were reconstructed in a three-dimensional space. Vortices were periodically created in the interior subchannel three times for one wire rotation. In the edge subchannel, the largest vortex occurred. This large vortex structure blocked the swirl flow in the peripheral region. The small vortex formed in the corner subchannel was negligible. The results can help in understanding the flow field inside subchannels with sweeping flow and vortex structures. (C) 2019 Korean Nuclear Society, Published by Elsevier Korea LLC.
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