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More services...Thermal Analysis of Intermediate Heat Exchanger in a Pool Type Fast Breeder Reactor
Temperature distribution of primary sodium in IHX.
S. Agarwal1 , C. A. Babu1 , P. Kalyanasundaram1 , and G. Vaidyanathan1
1 Fast Reactor Technology Group, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam
Intermediate heat exchanger (IHX) in a pool-type liquid metal cooled fast breeder reactor is an important heat exchanging component as it transfer heat from the radioactive primary sodium in the pool to the non-radioactive secondary sodium. The secondary sodium ultimately heats up water in a steam Generator (SG) to produce the steam for power generation. Intermediate heat exchanger is a sodium to sodium heat exchanger and is modeled using COMSOL multiphysics code. The code estimates the temperature and velocity distribution of primary sodium in the shell side.
