TY - JOUR
TI - Experimental study of heat transfer through cooling water circuit in a reactor vault by using Al2O3 nanofluid
AU - Anish Maria
AU - Kanimozhi Balakrishnan
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2018
VL - 22
IS - 2
SP - 1149
EP - 1161
PT - Article
AB - The heat produced in the nuclear reactor due to fission reaction must be kept  in control or else it will damage the components in the reactor core. Nuclear  plants are using water for the operation dissipation of heat. Instead, some  chemical substances which have higher heat transfer coefficient and high  thermal conductivity. This experiment aims to find out how efficiently a Nano  fluid can dissipate heat from the reactor vault. The most commonly used Nano  fluid is Al2O3 Nano particle with water or ethylene as base fluid. Al2O3 has  good thermal property and it is easily available. In addition, it can be  stabilized in various PH levels. The Nano fluid is fed into the reactor’s  coolant circuit. The various temperature distribution leads to different  characteristic curve that occurs on various valve condition leading to a  detailed study on how temperature distribution carries throughout the cooling  circuit. As a combination of Al2O3 as a Nano particle and therminol 55 as  base fluid are used for the heat transfer process. The alumina nanoparticle  is mixed in therminol 55 at 0.05% vol. concentration. Numerical analysis on  the Reactor Vault model was carried out by using ABAQUS and the experimental  results were compared with numerical results.