<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Nowadays, the operating nuclear reactors are able to utilise only 1 % of mined out uranium. An effective exploitation of uranium, even 60 %, is possible to achieve in so-called fast reactors. These reactors commercial operation is expected after the year 2035. Several design configurations of these reactors exist. Fast reactors rank among the so-called Generation IV reactors. Helium-cooled reactor, as a gas-cooled fast reactor, is one of them. Exchangers used to a heat transfer from a reactor active zone (i.e. heat exchangers) are an important part of fast reactors. This paper deals with the design calculation of U-tube heat exchanger (precisely 1-2 shell and tube heat exchanger with U-tubes): water – helium.</p></abstract>

Nowadays, the operating nuclear reactors are able to utilise only 1 % of mined out uranium. An effective exploitation of uranium, even 60 %, is possible to achieve in so-called fast reactors. These reactors commercial operation is expected after the year 2035. Several design configurations of these reactors exist. Fast reactors rank among the so-called Generation IV reactors. Helium-cooled reactor, as a gas-cooled fast reactor, is one of them. Exchangers used to a heat transfer from a reactor active zone (i.e. heat exchangers) are an important part of fast reactors. This paper deals with the design calculation of U-tube heat exchanger (precisely 1-2 shell and tube heat exchanger with U-tubes): water – helium.

Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger – the Heat Transfer Area Design Process

Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering

Strojnícky časopis - Journal of Mechanical Engineering

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Nowadays, the operating nuclear reactors are able to utilise only 1 % of mined out uranium. An effective exploitation of uranium, even 60 %, is possible to...

Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger – the Heat Transfer Area Design Process

Published Online: Nov 18, 2017

Page range: 13 - 24

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/scjme-2017-0014

Keywords
Fast reactor, nuclear reactor, Generation IV reactors, GFR, shell and tube heat exchanger, U-tube heat exchanger, helium, DHR, decay heat removal loop

© 2017 Štefan Gužela et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger – the Heat Transfer Area Design Process

Published Online: Nov 18, 2017

Page range: 13 - 24

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/scjme-2017-0014

KeywordsFast reactor, nuclear reactor, Generation IV reactors, GFR, shell and tube heat exchanger, U-tube heat exchanger, helium, DHR, decay heat removal loop

© 2017 Štefan Gužela et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Fast reactor, nuclear reactor, Generation IV reactors, GFR, shell and tube heat exchanger, U-tube heat exchanger, helium, DHR, decay heat removal loop