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The division provides a forum for focused technical dialogue on thermal hydraulic technology in the nuclear industry. Specifically, this will include heat transfer and fluid mechanics involved in the utilization of nuclear energy. It is intended to attract the highest quality of theoretical and experimental work to ANS, including research on basic phenomena and application to nuclear system design.
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Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2025)
February 3–6, 2025
Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort
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Christmas Night
Twas the night before Christmas when all through the houseNo electrons were flowing through even my mouse.
All devices were plugged in by the chimney with careWith the hope that St. Nikola Tesla would share.
J. Weede, J. Vetrovec, H. Beck, J. Chiu, A. Goldner
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 8 | Number 1 | July 1985 | Pages 1247-1252
Impurity Control and Vacuum Technology | Proceedings of the Sixth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (San Francisco, California, March 3-7, 1985) | doi.org/10.13182/FST85-A39938
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An actively-cooled dump module design is being developed for use in the MFTF-B long pulse neutral beamlines. The modular approach allows for application of the same design inseveral different areas, such as positive ion dumps, neutral dumps and beamline apertures. The dump modules are required to dissipate up to 1.2 MW of beam power with peak heat fluxes as high as 1500 W/cm2 for a lifetime of 50,000 cycles. The modules are constructed from two rows of 1.91 cm O.D. × 0.318 cm wall (0.75 × 0.125 in.) oxygen-free copper tubing, staggered to achieve maximum optical density. The tubes are bent into a “C” shape and connected to large diameter manifolds at each end. Thermal analysis of conduction in the tube wall has been performed to predict inner wall heat flux and tube wall temperature profiles. The results have been used both as an input to critical heat flux assessment as well as an input to NASTRAN stress analysis. The NASTRAN analysis has shown that tube deflections will be within allowable limits and that the design life will be ≅ 100,000 cycles.