Subcritical reactors(SCRs)or subcritical assemblies(SCAs)are the main infrastructure for designing power reactors.These reactors are widely used for training and research because of their high level of inherent safety...Subcritical reactors(SCRs)or subcritical assemblies(SCAs)are the main infrastructure for designing power reactors.These reactors are widely used for training and research because of their high level of inherent safety.The objective of this study is to design a subcritical reactor using a pressurized water reactor(PWR)conventional fuel following two safety points.In the first approach,deeply placed SCR cores with an infinite multiplication factor(k_(∞))of less than unity were identified using the DRAGON lattice code.In the second approach,subcritical reactor cores with an effective multiplication factor(k_(eff))of less than unity were determined by coupling the cell calculations of the DRAGON lattice code and core calculations of the DONJON code.For the deeply subcritical reactor design,it was found that the reactor would remain inherently subcritical while using fuel rods with ^(235)U enrichment of up to 0.9%,regardless of the pitch of the fuel rods.In the second approach,the optimal pitches(1.3 to 2.3 cm)were determined for different fuel enrichment values from 1 to 5%.Subsequently,the k_(eff) was obtained for a fuel rod arrangement of 8×8 to 80×80,and the states in which the reactor would be subcritical were determined for different fuel enrichments at the corresponding optimal pitch.To validate the models used in the DRAGON and DONJON codes,the k_(eff) of the Isfahan Light Water Subcritical Reactor(LWSCR)was experimentally measured and compared with the results of the calculations.Finally,the effects of fuel and moderator temperature changes were investigated to ensure that the designed assemblies remained in the subcritical state at all operational temperatures.展开更多
Two theoretical criteria represented by Katgerman, and Clyne and Davies for prognosticating hot tearing sensitivity were compared. Both unrefined and grain-refined samples of Al2024 alloy were solidified at various co...Two theoretical criteria represented by Katgerman, and Clyne and Davies for prognosticating hot tearing sensitivity were compared. Both unrefined and grain-refined samples of Al2024 alloy were solidified at various cooling rates ranging from 0.4 to 17.5 °C/s. Thermal analysis was used to detect dendrite coherency point and temperature of eutectic reaction. Curves of solid and liquid fractions were plotted based on Newtonian method to determine hot tearing susceptible areas. The experimental results show that the most susceptible zone in which hot tearing can occur in Al2024 is where Al_2CuMg intermetallic compound forms as a eutectic phase at last stage of mushy-state interval. Also, both criteria are in a good agreement with each other at high cooling rates used in direct-chill casting process while Clyne and Davies＇ model is more acceptable to determine hot tearing tendency from low to medium cooling rates.展开更多
Phase change materials are one of the potential resources to replace fossil fuels in regards of supplying the energy of buildings.Basically,these materials absorb or release heat energy with the help of their latent h...Phase change materials are one of the potential resources to replace fossil fuels in regards of supplying the energy of buildings.Basically,these materials absorb or release heat energy with the help of their latent heat.Phase change materials have low thermal conductivity and this makes it possible to use the physical properties of these materials in the tropical regions where the solar radiation is more direct and concentrated over a smaller area.In this theoretical work,an attempt has been made to study the melting process of these materials by applying constant heat flux and temperature.It was found that by increasing the thickness of phase change materials’layers,due to the melting,more thermal energy is stored.Simultaneously it reduces the penetration of excessive heat into the chamber,so that by increasing the thickness of paraffin materials up to 20 mm,the rate of temperature reduction reaches more than 18%.It was also recognized that increasing the values of constant input heat flux increases buoyancy effects.Increasing the Stefan number from 0.1 to 0.3,increases the temperature by 6%.展开更多
In this study the injective micropolar flow in a porous channel is investigated.The flow is driven by suction or injection on the channel walls,and the micropolar model is used to describe the working fluid.This probl...In this study the injective micropolar flow in a porous channel is investigated.The flow is driven by suction or injection on the channel walls,and the micropolar model is used to describe the working fluid.This problem is mapped into the system of nonlinear coupled differential equations by using Berman's similarity transformation.These are solved for large mass transfer via Adomian decomposition method(ADM).Also the numerical method is used for the validity of this analytical method and excellent agreement is observed between the solutions obtained from ADM and numerical results.Trusting this validity,effects of some other parameters are discussed.It can be seen that increasing in the value of N_(1) have different results in comparison with N_(2).展开更多
In this paper,the errata for a published paper,titled“Application of Adomian decomposition method for micropolar flow in a porous channel,authored by F.Shakeri Aski,Seyed Jalal Nasirkhani,E.Mohammadian,A.Asgari,in th...In this paper,the errata for a published paper,titled“Application of Adomian decomposition method for micropolar flow in a porous channel,authored by F.Shakeri Aski,Seyed Jalal Nasirkhani,E.Mohammadian,A.Asgari,in the journal of Propulsion and Power Research 3(1)(2014)15-21”,were presented.Since micropolar flow in a porous channel attracts considerable research interest,it is necessary to correct the minor typo errors in the boundary conditions of the medium.This should be said that the typo errors have not affected the results because the correct boundary conditions have been applied in the written maple code.There is just a typo error in the written boundary conditions in the paper.展开更多
文摘Subcritical reactors(SCRs)or subcritical assemblies(SCAs)are the main infrastructure for designing power reactors.These reactors are widely used for training and research because of their high level of inherent safety.The objective of this study is to design a subcritical reactor using a pressurized water reactor(PWR)conventional fuel following two safety points.In the first approach,deeply placed SCR cores with an infinite multiplication factor(k_(∞))of less than unity were identified using the DRAGON lattice code.In the second approach,subcritical reactor cores with an effective multiplication factor(k_(eff))of less than unity were determined by coupling the cell calculations of the DRAGON lattice code and core calculations of the DONJON code.For the deeply subcritical reactor design,it was found that the reactor would remain inherently subcritical while using fuel rods with ^(235)U enrichment of up to 0.9%,regardless of the pitch of the fuel rods.In the second approach,the optimal pitches(1.3 to 2.3 cm)were determined for different fuel enrichment values from 1 to 5%.Subsequently,the k_(eff) was obtained for a fuel rod arrangement of 8×8 to 80×80,and the states in which the reactor would be subcritical were determined for different fuel enrichments at the corresponding optimal pitch.To validate the models used in the DRAGON and DONJON codes,the k_(eff) of the Isfahan Light Water Subcritical Reactor(LWSCR)was experimentally measured and compared with the results of the calculations.Finally,the effects of fuel and moderator temperature changes were investigated to ensure that the designed assemblies remained in the subcritical state at all operational temperatures.
文摘Two theoretical criteria represented by Katgerman, and Clyne and Davies for prognosticating hot tearing sensitivity were compared. Both unrefined and grain-refined samples of Al2024 alloy were solidified at various cooling rates ranging from 0.4 to 17.5 °C/s. Thermal analysis was used to detect dendrite coherency point and temperature of eutectic reaction. Curves of solid and liquid fractions were plotted based on Newtonian method to determine hot tearing susceptible areas. The experimental results show that the most susceptible zone in which hot tearing can occur in Al2024 is where Al_2CuMg intermetallic compound forms as a eutectic phase at last stage of mushy-state interval. Also, both criteria are in a good agreement with each other at high cooling rates used in direct-chill casting process while Clyne and Davies＇ model is more acceptable to determine hot tearing tendency from low to medium cooling rates.
文摘Phase change materials are one of the potential resources to replace fossil fuels in regards of supplying the energy of buildings.Basically,these materials absorb or release heat energy with the help of their latent heat.Phase change materials have low thermal conductivity and this makes it possible to use the physical properties of these materials in the tropical regions where the solar radiation is more direct and concentrated over a smaller area.In this theoretical work,an attempt has been made to study the melting process of these materials by applying constant heat flux and temperature.It was found that by increasing the thickness of phase change materials’layers,due to the melting,more thermal energy is stored.Simultaneously it reduces the penetration of excessive heat into the chamber,so that by increasing the thickness of paraffin materials up to 20 mm,the rate of temperature reduction reaches more than 18%.It was also recognized that increasing the values of constant input heat flux increases buoyancy effects.Increasing the Stefan number from 0.1 to 0.3,increases the temperature by 6%.
文摘In this study the injective micropolar flow in a porous channel is investigated.The flow is driven by suction or injection on the channel walls,and the micropolar model is used to describe the working fluid.This problem is mapped into the system of nonlinear coupled differential equations by using Berman's similarity transformation.These are solved for large mass transfer via Adomian decomposition method(ADM).Also the numerical method is used for the validity of this analytical method and excellent agreement is observed between the solutions obtained from ADM and numerical results.Trusting this validity,effects of some other parameters are discussed.It can be seen that increasing in the value of N_(1) have different results in comparison with N_(2).
文摘In this paper,the errata for a published paper,titled“Application of Adomian decomposition method for micropolar flow in a porous channel,authored by F.Shakeri Aski,Seyed Jalal Nasirkhani,E.Mohammadian,A.Asgari,in the journal of Propulsion and Power Research 3(1)(2014)15-21”,were presented.Since micropolar flow in a porous channel attracts considerable research interest,it is necessary to correct the minor typo errors in the boundary conditions of the medium.This should be said that the typo errors have not affected the results because the correct boundary conditions have been applied in the written maple code.There is just a typo error in the written boundary conditions in the paper.
