Masters Theses

Keywords and Phrases

Heat Exchanger; Natural Convection; Passive; SMR; Star CCM+

Abstract

"Next generation nuclear power plants, specifically small modular reactor designs, are the best alternative to fossil fuels for power generation due to their power density and low carbon emissions and constant awareness of safety concerns. A promising safety feature of new designs is the removal of heat by passive systems in accident scenarios. The passive systems require no moving parts and no intervention by personnel. These systems must be accurately simulated for better understanding of the heat transport phenomena: natural convection cooling. Due to the fact that most work developing these passive heat removal systems are proprietary information, a passive heat removal system for a small modular reactor was designed and simulated in Star CCM+ to evaluate the capability of natural convective flows to remove decay heat in a shutdown scenario. The size and dimensions of the heat exchanger are based on the Westinghouse-SMR design. The design of the passive heat removal system was a hexagonal lattice heat exchanger. The final design was projected to dissipate the 56MW of decay heat at the rate simulated in Star CCM+"--Abstract, page iv.

Advisor(s)

Alajo, Ayodeji Babatunde
Schlegel, Joshua P.

Committee Member(s)

Mueller, Gary Edward, 1954-

Department(s)

Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science

Degree Name

M.S. in Nuclear Engineering

Publisher

Missouri University of Science and Technology

Publication Date

Spring 2017

Pagination

xi, 38 pages

Note about bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 35-37).

Rights

© 2017 Raymond Michael Fanning

Document Type

Thesis - Open Access

File Type

text

Language

English

Thesis Number

T 11086

Electronic OCLC #

992440770

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