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This paper presents an application of a finite difference technique which solves the fluid flow and energy equations to predict the conjugate natural convection heat transfer behaviour in a fuel standpipe of an Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor. An algebraic model for turbulence is used and the full effect of the change in fluid density with temperature is taken into account. Numerical results are compared with temperature measurements from several reactor standpipes and the agreement is found to be generally satisfactory.
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Fung, M.T.R., Hornby, R.P. (1990). Numerical modelling of conjugate heat transfer in an Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor fuel standpipe. In: Manley, J., McKee, S., Owens, D. (eds) Proceedings of the Third European Conference on Mathematics in Industry. European Consortium for Mathematics in Industry, vol 5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0629-7_34
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