Thermal Hydraulics for Boiling and Passive Systems
Reference Number
EP/K007777/1
Title
Thermal Hydraulics for Boiling and Passive Systems
Status
Completed
Energy Categories
Nuclear Fission and Fusion(Nuclear Fission, Nuclear supporting technologies)
Research Types
Basic and strategic applied research
Science and Technology Fields
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Chemical Engineering)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering)
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation
Not Cross-cutting
Principal Investigator
Dr S Walker
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Imperial College London
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Imperial College London
Award Type
Standard
Funding Source
EPSRC
Start Date
18 March 2013
End Date
17 December 2015
Duration
33 months
Total Grant Value
£797,147
Industrial Sectors
Energy
Region
London
Programme
Energy : Energy
Investigators
Principal Investigator
Dr S Walker, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London
Other Investigator
Dr MJ Bluck, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London
Professor M Fairweather, Inst of Particle Science & Engineering, University of Leeds
Dr S He, Mechanical Engineering, University of Sheffield
Professor GF Hewitt, Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London
Dr R Issa, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London
Professor M Fairweather, Inst of Particle Science & Engineering, University of Leeds
Dr S He, Mechanical Engineering, University of Sheffield
Professor GF Hewitt, Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London
Dr R Issa, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London
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Abstract
New nuclear power stations are likely to be a major contributor to energy security and reduction of carbon emissions. Such reactors will almost certainly be water-cooled. Whilst water is a very good coolant, steam is not, and the water coolant can become steam under certain conditions. The three themes of this project are each aimed at developing a better understanding of when this transition occurs, and developing better techniques to predict this. This project is an international collaboration, between scientists at the Bhaba Atomic Research Centre (BARC) in India, and groups at three UK universities. The better techniques will be based on experimental measurements of boiling systems to be conducted at BARC, in conjunction with the UK participants, and the development of computational models based on these
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09/10/12
