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KMID : 0371819980300060581
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Nuclear Engineering and Technology
1998 Volume.30 No. 6 p.581 ~ p.591
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Evaluation of Thermal Stratification Effect in a Long Horizontal Pipeline with Turbulent Natural Convection
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Park, Man-Heung
Ahn, Jang-Sun/Nam, Seung-Deog
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Abstract
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Numerical analysis was performed for the two-dimensional turbulent natural convection for a long horizontal Ijpe with different end temperatures. The turbulent model has been applied a standard k-e two equation model of turbulence similar to that the proposed by the Launder and Spalding. The dimensionless governing equations are solved by using SIMPLE (Semi-Implicit Method for Pressure Linked Equations) algorithm which is developed using control volumes and staggered grids. The numerical results are verified by comparison with the operating PWR test data. The analysis focuses on the effects of variation of the heat transfer rates at the pipe surface, the thermal conductivities of the pipe material and the thickness of the pipe wall on the thermal stratification. The results show that the heat transfer rate at the pipe surface is the controlling parameter for mitigating of thermal stratification in the long horizontal pipe. A significant reduction and disappearance of the thermal stratification phenomenon is observed at the Biot number of 4.82x10-1. The results also show that the increment of the thermal conductivity and thickness of the wall weakens a little the thermal stratification and somewhat reduces temperature gradient of y-direction in the pipe wall. These effects are however minor, when compared with those due to the variation of the heat transfer rates at the surface of the pipe wall.
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