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Convective and diffusive interchannel transfer in fuel assemblies of a fast-reactor core

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Abbreviations

d:

the fuel-element diameter

dh :

the hydraulic diameter

e:

the signal from a sensor

G:

the coolant flow rate

h:

the enthalpy, and also the pitch of the spacing wire wrap

m:

the number of cells interacting with the i-th cell

M:

the coordinate of a point

Q:

the heat flux

S:

the lattice pitch

t:

the temperature

W:

the velocity of the coolant

Z:

a coordinate

α:

the initial phase of the wire wrap

β:

the transfer inequivalence coefficient

Δ:

the width of the gap between perimeter fuel elements and the can

ε:

the parameter of equivalent thermal conductivity of the fuel elements

λ:

the pressure loss

μ:

is the interchannel transfer coefficient

π:

the perimeter

ρ:

the density

τ:

the tangential stress

ϕ:

the phase of the wrap

ω:

the surfce area

eff:

effective

m:

mass or molecular

h:

hydrodynamic

t:

thermal or burbulent

p:

peripheral

c:

convective

i, j:

cell numbers

ij:

number of gap between cells

ce:

central

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Physics and Energy Institute (FÉI), Obninsk. Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 71, No. 2, pp. 114–123, August, 1991.

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Zhukov, A.V., Matyukhin, N.M., Sorokin, A.P. et al. Convective and diffusive interchannel transfer in fuel assemblies of a fast-reactor core. At Energy 71, 627–635 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01121653

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