Scoping heat transfer analysis of a completely-blocked Type-Q septifoil

摘要

Heat removal mechanisms for a completely-blocked Type-Q (new design) septifoil situated in an otherwise normally operating K-reactor are investigated in this report. The best-estimate maximum septifoil heat generation rate for a 26.2(degrees)C cooling water inlet temperature is 119 to 141 kW depending on the counter-current flow limitation correlation chosen. The corresponding reactor powers are 648 and 768 MW or 27 and 32% of 2400 MW (historical annual averaged full power). These estimates are based on a steady-state scoping analysis and have a large uncertainty.