TY - JOUR
T1 - Supercritical water heat transfer for nuclear reactor applications
T2 - A review
AU - Rahman, Mohammad Mizanur
AU - Dongxu, Ji
AU - SHAHMOHAMMADI BENI, Mehrdad
AU - Hei, Ho Choi
AU - He, Weidong
AU - Zhao, Jiyun
PY - 2016/11
Y1 - 2016/11
N2 - Understanding of the heat transfer characteristics of supercritical water is one of the most important issues in Supercritical Water-Cooled Reactors (SCWRs) development. The main objective of the present study is to perform literature survey on the supercritical water heat transfer researches in order to provide the references for the SCWR researchers. Both the experimental and numerical studies related to the supercritical water heat transfer, especially for nuclear reactor applications, are reviewed. It is found that the majority researches are focusing on the supercritical water flow inside circular tubes in which first order closure models assuming isotropic behavior of turbulence are being used. However, for flow channels with different geometries such as sub-channel of fuel assembly, anisotropic behavior of turbulence and secondary flows are observed. Therefore, additional researches are needed for supercritical water heat transfer under SCWR operating conditions.
AB - Understanding of the heat transfer characteristics of supercritical water is one of the most important issues in Supercritical Water-Cooled Reactors (SCWRs) development. The main objective of the present study is to perform literature survey on the supercritical water heat transfer researches in order to provide the references for the SCWR researchers. Both the experimental and numerical studies related to the supercritical water heat transfer, especially for nuclear reactor applications, are reviewed. It is found that the majority researches are focusing on the supercritical water flow inside circular tubes in which first order closure models assuming isotropic behavior of turbulence are being used. However, for flow channels with different geometries such as sub-channel of fuel assembly, anisotropic behavior of turbulence and secondary flows are observed. Therefore, additional researches are needed for supercritical water heat transfer under SCWR operating conditions.
KW - Heat transfer
KW - Literature review
KW - SCWR
KW - Supercritical water
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84977544796&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - https://www.scopus.com/record/pubmetrics.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84977544796&origin=recordpage
U2 - 10.1016/j.anucene.2016.06.022
DO - 10.1016/j.anucene.2016.06.022
M3 - RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal
SN - 0306-4549
VL - 97
SP - 53
EP - 65
JO - Annals of Nuclear Energy
JF - Annals of Nuclear Energy
ER -