Numerical analysis of heat transfer in the concentric recuperator for Chinese multifunctional experimental loop DRAGON-IV

Zhu, Zhiqiang; Li, Jinling; Huang, Qunying; Gao, Sheng

doi:10.1016/j.fusengdes.2010.04.061

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“…Ma studied the thermal‐hydraulic performance of LBE fluid in U‐tube and straight‐tube heat exchanger. Wang conducted numerical analysis of heat transfer and the distribution of PbLi flow in concentric recuperator, which used in DRAGON‐IV. Chen optimized the plate‐fin heat exchanger structure in high‐temperature gas‐cooled reactors based on heat transfer rates; the result indicated that the staggered fin structure is the best choice.…”

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Analysis on stress and deformation of large-scale concentric recuperator for high-temperature PbLi loop

2018

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A lead lithium (PbLi) loop named as DRAGON-V was constructed in China to test key technologies of material corrosion, thermal-hydraulics, safety issues, etc for PbLi blanket of fusion reactor. The concentric recuperator, one of the most important components, was used to recover the enthalpy in the loop. To design the concentric recuperator structure, the tangent angle θ between straight pipe and elbow as well as the bending radius R for U-type connecting elbow were analyzed, respectively. It was indicated that the elbow presented well thermal deformation-absorbing function and reduced the thermal stress.There was a little effect on the deformation and heat transfer for the variation of R and θ, but the stress intensity increased with bending radius R and decreased with tangent angle θ. The results showed that the stress intensity in the structure with θ = 5°and R = 1.5D was smaller than the others. And the optimized structure was evaluated according to standard of Steel Pressure Vessel-Design by Analysis, the structural strength met the design requirement, and large margin was kept for engineering application.

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confidence: 99%