Measurements of jet flows impinging into a channel containing a rod bundle using dynamic PIV Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • In this investigation, full-field velocity profiles of jet flows impinging into a rod bundle were measured using Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) technique in a facility with Matched-Index of Refraction. The test section consisted of a 1 m long rectangular channel with a cross-sectional area of 76.2 76.2 mm2. Water was pumped through either single or double jets located on the top wall of the channel. The Reynolds numbers of the inlet jets were varied from 4470 to 13,400. Inside the channel adjacent to the inlet jets, a rod bundle was configured with 29 staggered tubes of 10.67 mm outside diameter (O.D.). The time-resolved velocity fields were obtained for regions within the rod bundle from which the vorticity fields and the turbulent characteristics of those regions were calculated. The results are useful for developing new models to help predict the flow patterns in the lower plenum of Gas Cooled Reactors. 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

published proceedings

  • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER

author list (cited authors)

  • Amini, N., & Hassan, Y. A.

citation count

  • 22

complete list of authors

  • Amini, Noushin||Hassan, Yassin A

publication date

  • November 2009