Use of surface roughness to improve heat transfer from rod type fuel elements

1972 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 853-857 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. S. Vinogradov ◽  
P. I. Puchkov
1970 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 231-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.J. Kreyger ◽  
W.A. Essler ◽  
W. Dellmann

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phillip Ligrani ◽  
Patrick McInturff ◽  
Masaaki Suzuki ◽  
Chiyuki Nakamata

Author(s):  
Kang Liu ◽  
Titan C. Paul ◽  
Leo A. Carrilho ◽  
Jamil A. Khan

The experimental investigations were carried out of a pressurized water nuclear reactor (PWR) with enhanced surface using different concentration (0.5 and 2.0 vol%) of ZnO/DI-water based nanofluids as a coolant. The experimental setup consisted of a flow loop with a nuclear fuel rod section that was heated by electrical current. The fuel rod surfaces were termed as two-dimensional surface roughness (square transverse ribbed surface) and three-dimensional surface roughness (diamond shaped blocks). The variation in temperature of nuclear fuel rod was measured along the length of a specified section. Heat transfer coefficient was calculated by measuring heat flux and temperature differences between surface and bulk fluid. The experimental results of nanofluids were compared with the coolant as a DI-water data. The maximum heat transfer coefficient enhancement was achieved 33% at Re = 1.15 × 105 for fuel rod with three-dimensional surface roughness using 2.0 vol% nanofluids compared to DI-water.


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