Thermo-Hydraulic Behaviour of Coolant in Nuclear Reactor VVER-440 Under Refuelling Conditions

Paulech Juraj; Kutiš Vladimír; Gálik Gabriel; Jakubec Jakub; Sedlár Tibor

doi:10.1515/scjme-2017-0009

Journal of Mechanical Engineering (Apr 2017)

Thermo-Hydraulic Behaviour of Coolant in Nuclear Reactor VVER-440 Under Refuelling Conditions

Paulech Juraj,
Kutiš Vladimír,
Gálik Gabriel,
Jakubec Jakub,
Sedlár Tibor

Affiliations

Paulech Juraj: Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Department of Applied Mechanics and Mechatronics, Ilkovičova 3, 812 19Bratislava, Slovakia
Kutiš Vladimír: Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Department of Applied Mechanics and Mechatronics, Ilkovičova 3, 812 19Bratislava, Slovakia
Gálik Gabriel: Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Department of Applied Mechanics and Mechatronics, Ilkovičova 3, 812 19Bratislava, Slovakia
Jakubec Jakub: Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Department of Applied Mechanics and Mechatronics, Ilkovičova 3, 812 19Bratislava, Slovakia
Sedlár Tibor: Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Department of Applied Mechanics and Mechatronics, Ilkovičova 3, 812 19Bratislava, Slovakia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/scjme-2017-0009
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 67, no. 1
pp. 87 – 92

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The paper presents the numerical simulation of thermo-hydraulic behaviour of coolant in the VVER- 440 nuclear reactor under standard outage conditions. Heating-up and flow of coolant between the reactor pressure vessel and spent fuel storage pool are discussed.

Published in Journal of Mechanical Engineering

ISSN: 2450-5471 (Online)
Publisher: Sciendo
Country of publisher: Poland
LCC subjects: Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Website: https://sciendo.com/journal/SCJME

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