Numerical investigation on temperature fluctuation of the parallel triple-jet

• Published in: Nuclear engineering and design Vol. 249; pp. 82 - 89
• Main Authors: Cao, Qiong, Lu, Daogang, Lv, Jing
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.08.2012; Elsevier
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Computational fluid dynamics; Computer programs; Computer simulation; Controled nuclear fusion plants; Energy; Energy. Thermal use of fuels; Exact sciences and technology; Expansion; Fission nuclear power plants; Fluctuation; Fluid flow; Fuels; Installations for energy generation and conversion: thermal and electrical energy; Nuclear fuels; Nuclear reactor components; Reynolds number; Nuclear fusion reactor; Thermal fatigue; Software; Flow field; Reactor core; Nuclear reactor
• ISSN: 0029-5493; 1872-759X
• DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2011.07.018

► Temperature fluctuation of triple-jet using LES method was simulated numerically. ► Temperature and velocity characteristics agreed well with the experimental ones. ► Spatial distribution of amplitude and frequency of temperature was different. ► Re number did obviously affect temperature fluctuation characteristics. Temperature fluctuation is caused by the mixing flows out of the core with different temperature in upper plenum. The phenomenon may lead to thermal fatigue in solid structures. In this paper, the parallel triple-jet flows were simulated by the software FLUENT with the large eddy simulation (LES). By comparison, the numerical results were in good agreement with the experimental ones. The flow field observed in simulation showed that many vortices are closely related with the temperature fluctuation phenomenon. From the computed results, it was discovered that amplitudes of temperature fluctuation are different in flow field, while the frequency of temperature fluctuation remains constant at all monitoring position. With the increasing of Reynolds number, the mixing of hot and cold flows is delayed, and convective mixing region is enlarged.