High-fidelity simulations point the way to optimizing heat transfer in current and next-generation reactors
Tuesday, April 23, 2019 - 07:30
in Physics & Chemistry
Engineers must manage a maelstrom in the core of operating nuclear reactors. Nuclear reactions deposit an extraordinary amount of heat in the fuel rods, setting off a frenzy of boiling, bubbling, and evaporation in surrounding fluid. From this churning flow, operators harness the removal of heat.