Modeling of Coolant Flow Within the Spent Fuel Storage Pool of a VVER 440 Reactor

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

doi:10.1515/scjme-2017-0004

Journal of Mechanical Engineering (Apr 2017)

Modeling of Coolant Flow Within the Spent Fuel Storage Pool of a VVER 440 Reactor

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

Affiliations

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
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
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
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
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-2017-0004
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 67, no. 1
pp. 37 – 44

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The article deals with modelling of coolant flow within the spent fuel storage pool of a VVER 440 reactor. The spent fuel storage pool is modelled in a state of standard reactor operation. The coolant heating from the remaining thermal power of stored spent fuel assemblies was also modelled.

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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