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E3S Web Conf.
Volume 236, 2021
3rd International Conference on Energy Resources and Sustainable Development (ICERSD 2020)
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Article Number | 01012 | |
Number of page(s) | 5 | |
Section | Development, Utilization and Protection of Traditional Energy Resources | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202123601012 | |
Published online | 09 February 2021 |
Design and Assessment of Lead–sCO2 Intermediate Heat Exchanger for LFRs
1 Institute of Nuclear Energy Safety Technology, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
2 University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
3 Key Laboratory of Advanced Reactor Engineering and Safety, Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
* Corresponding author:dlyu@inest.cas.cn
Lead–sCO2 intermediate heat exchanger (IHX) was designed for lead-cooled fast reactor (LFR). The reactor coolant is lead and flowing through a circular straight channel, meanwhile, sCO2 is heated through 5 channels with different geometries were investigated respectively, including straight channel, zigzag 52° channel, S-shaped fins, offset rectangular fins, and airfoil fins. Considering the thermal-hydraulics characteristics, mechanical structure, corrosion, and flow blockage in the IHX designs, the performance, total cost, and power density of several heat exchanger designs were evaluated and compared. Finally, a printed circuit heat exchanger (PCHE) design using the circular straight (lead) - offset rectangular fins (sCO2) channels was proposed. The straight and S-shaped channels for sCO2 flow were recommended as alternative designs under certain circumstances. However, S-shaped fins and zigzag channels will dramatically increase the cost while straight and airfoil channels will greatly increase the volume.
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