CFD ANALYSIS OF CALANDRIA BASED NUCLEAR REACTOR: PART-II. PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS OF MODERATOR

Hardik P. Patel, Gaurav V. Patel, Madhuri Bhadauria, N. K. Chavda

Abstract: Nuclear power is an economical technology for extenuating environmental alteration and can make a considerable influence to environment safety. A nuclear power plant is a thermal power station having the primary heat source as a nuclear reactor. In the previous work, the study of modelling and analysis of temperature distribution of Moderator in Calandria of Nuclear Reactor was carried out. The study included the complete understanding of the design of Calandria and how moderator carried out the heat from calandria. . The Temperature distribution was validated with actual working conditions. Various factors play a vigorous role in the designing of Calandria and their effect on the Moderator needs to be studied effectively. In the present work, the parametric analysis of moderator is carried out to observe the temperature distribution within the Calandria of Nuclear Reactor.

Keywords: Calandria, CANDU Reactor, Moderator, CFD Analysis, Parametric Analysis, Temperature Distribution

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2014.0307059