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Comprehensive scale model for LMFBR reactor assembly thermal hydraulics
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The construction of the 500 MWe Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) is underway at Kalpakkam, India. This liquid sodium-cooled reactor is a pool-type reactor with two secondary loops. Experimental investigations have been carried out to understand the complex flow, temperature patterns and flow-induced vibration characteristics. To enhance the confidence in the design of the components immersed in the pool of the reactor and to reduce the scale effects, a large scale model was constructed. The Scale Model for Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (SAMRAT) is a one-by-four scaled-down model of the reactor assembly of PFBR. This model is a unique one in that it attempts to investigate multiple phenomena using a single model. This paper describes the details of the model – the scaling criteria adopted, the simulation for each study, and the methodology of the study and the salient features of the model – and examines the results.
Keywords: fast breeder reactors, FBR, similarity, thermal hydraulics, modelling laws, liquid sodium-cooled reactors, India, temperature patterns, flow-induced vibration, scale models, reactor assembly, simulation, nuclear technology, nuclear energy, nuclear power
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