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More services...Thermal Analysis of Intermediate Heat Exchanger in a Pool Type Fast Breeder Reactor
S. Agarwal1, C. A. Babu1, P. Kalyanasundaram1, and G. Vaidyanathan1
1Fast Reactor Technology Group, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam
Temperature distribution of primary sodium in IHX.
Intermediate heat exchanger (IHX) in a pool-type liquid metal cooled fast breeder reactor is an important heat exchanging component as it transfer heat from the radioactive primary sodium in the pool to the non-radioactive secondary sodium. The secondary sodium ultimately heats up water in a steam Generator (SG) to produce the steam for power generation. Intermediate heat exchanger is a sodium to sodium heat exchanger and is modeled using COMSOL multiphysics code. The code estimates the temperature and velocity distribution of primary sodium in the shell side.