Natural Convection in Missouri S&T Scaled Down Channels Facility
Department
Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science
Major
Nuclear Engineering
Research Advisor
Usman, Shoaib
Al-Dahhan, Muthanna H.
Advisor's Department
Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science
Second Advisor's Department
Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Funding Source
U.S. Department of Energy-Nuclear Energy Research Initiative (DOE-NERI) project (NEUP 13- 4953 (DENE0000744)
Abstract
A Scaled Down Separate-Effects Dual Channel Facility has been constructed and designed by Multiphase Reactor Engineering Application Laboratory (mReal) team to investigate plenum to plenum natural circulation which is considered as a safety feature of the prismatic modular reactor (PMR) during accident scenarios. The natural circulation heat transfers through two different channels (heated and cooled channels) for coolant flow between lower and upper plenum. The heated channel was heated uniformly by electric heaters, while the cooled channel is cooled water chiller system to initiate the natural circulation by create a variation in temperature. At different axial locations were the heat transfer data collected, in terms of the local wall surface, local air centerline temperatures, heat flux, heat transfer coefficient and Nusselt number.
Biography
Rakan Alali is a Sophomore Student in the Nuclear Engineering program at Missouri University of Science and Technology, with passion for optimization and efficiency of Nuclear Engineering processes, especially the area of research in application to Nuclear Systems Design and Safety. He is also pursing a minor in Engineering Management.
Research Category
Engineering
Presentation Type
Poster Presentation
Document Type
Poster
Location
Upper Atrium
Presentation Date
17 Apr 2018, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Natural Convection in Missouri S&T Scaled Down Channels Facility
Upper Atrium
A Scaled Down Separate-Effects Dual Channel Facility has been constructed and designed by Multiphase Reactor Engineering Application Laboratory (mReal) team to investigate plenum to plenum natural circulation which is considered as a safety feature of the prismatic modular reactor (PMR) during accident scenarios. The natural circulation heat transfers through two different channels (heated and cooled channels) for coolant flow between lower and upper plenum. The heated channel was heated uniformly by electric heaters, while the cooled channel is cooled water chiller system to initiate the natural circulation by create a variation in temperature. At different axial locations were the heat transfer data collected, in terms of the local wall surface, local air centerline temperatures, heat flux, heat transfer coefficient and Nusselt number.
Comments
Joint project with Salman M. Alshehri (Ph.D. Candidate)