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Experimental study of the effect of spacer grid on the flow structure in fuel assemblies of the AES 2006 reactor

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Results from an experimental study of the local hydrodynamic structure of liquid flow in a 37-cell model simulating a fuel assembly used in the AES-2006 reactor are presented. Special attention is paid to the effect of spacer grid on flow hydrodynamics. Data on variations of the local and integral values of the liquid axial velocity and friction stress on the fuel rod simulator’s wall with distance from the grid are given.

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  1. Kutateladze Institute of Thermal Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Akademika Lavrent’eva 1, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia

    O. N. Kashinskii, P. D. Lobanov, N. A. Pribaturin & A. S. Kurdyumov

  2. OAO TVEL, Kashirskoe sh. 49, Moscow, 115409, Russia

    S. E. Volkov

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Original Russian Text © O.N. Kashinskii, P.D. Lobanov, N.A. Pribaturin, A.S. Kurdyumov, S.E. Volkov, 2013, published in Teploenergetika.

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Kashinskii, O.N., Lobanov, P.D., Pribaturin, N.A. et al. Experimental study of the effect of spacer grid on the flow structure in fuel assemblies of the AES 2006 reactor. Therm. Eng. 60, 62–66 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0040601512070063

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