Effect Analysis of Volume Fraction of Nanofluid Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>-Water on Natural Convection Heat Transfer Coefficient in Small Modular Reactor
- 1 Mechanical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Muhammadiyah Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia
- 2 Mechanical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Muhammadiyah Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia
- 3 Automotive and Heavy Equipment Department, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Muhammadiyah Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia
Abstract
Development and use of nuclear energy is currently growing very rapidly, in order to achieve increasingly advanced technology, both in terms of design, economic factors and safety factors. Thermal-hydraulics aspects of nuclear reactors should be done with calculation and near-perfect condition. Including today began development of a nuclear reactor with low power below 300 MW, or commonly called the Small Modular Reactor (SMR). One is CAREM-25 developed by Argentina with a power of 25 MW, where in CAREM already using natural circulation system and the use of nanofluid as coolant fluid. In this research, analytic modeling of thermal-hydraulics nuclear reactor SMR CAREM-25, when the nanofluid Al 2 O 3 -Water used as cooling fluid in the cooling system of a nuclear reactor. Further to this analytic modeling will be done on CFD. Analytic modeling with CFD to determine the flow phenomena and distribution as well as the effect of nano-particles of Al 2 O 3 -Water based on the volume fraction (1% and 3%) of the coefficient of heat transfer by natural convection.
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