SUBCHANNEL THERMAL-HYDRAULIC MODELING OF AN APT TUNGSTEN TARGET ROD BUNDLE

摘要

A scoping analysis of flow through an APT target rod bundle was conducted to demonstrate that lateral cross-flows are important, and therefore subchannel modeling is necessary to accurately predict thermal-hydraulic behavior under boiling conditions. A local reactor assembly code, FLOWTRAN, was modified to model axial flow along the rod bundle as flow through three concentric heated annular passages.