Two Curved Fuel Plates and single Coolant “water” Channel in

Between.
1. General Description of the Original Model:
General description of the original model is provided in section1 of this report. The model
contains two curved fuel plates with a single coolant channel in between, see Figure# 1 (A&B).
The angle of curvature for all the curves are 27 degree. Each fuel plates contains three regions
namely Fuel (U-10Mo), Zirconium (Zr) and Clad (6061 Al). Table 1. described the dimensions (in
X, Y and Z coordinates) for the fuel plates and the coolant channel in between. For more
clarification, description for the dimensions of a single curved fuel plate is drawing in figures#
2&3.

This space in between is the Coolant Channel Fuel Plate # 1

“Water”

Fuel Plate # 1

Figure 1.A. Two Curved Fuel Plates.

Zirconium Fuel (U-10Mo)

Aluminum
(6061Al)
 Figure 1.B. Two Curved Fuel Plates.
Table 1. Dimensions for the Curved Fuel Plate and Coolant Channel.

Fuel Region (U-10Mo)

Thickness (cm) in Y coordinate 0.0508

Width (cm) in X Coordinate 6.10
Height (cm) in Z coordinate 60.96

Zirconium Region (Zr) with respect to the dimension in Fuel region

Thickness (cm) in Y coordinate 0.0508+(0.00254*2) => 0.05588

Width (cm) in X Coordinate 6.10+(0.00254*2) => 6.10508
Height (cm) in Z coordinate 60.96+(0.00254*2) => 60.96508

Clad Region (6061 Al) with respect to the dimensions in Zirconium region

Thickness (cm) in Y coordinate 0.05588+(0.03706*2) => 0.13

Width (cm) in X Coordinate 6.10508+(0.25835*2) => 6.62178
Height (cm) in Z coordinate 60.96508+(0.79121*2) => 62.5475

Water Gap Region between Fuel Plates (FP)

Thickness (cm) in Y coordinate 0.31

Width (cm) in X Coordinate 6.62178
Height (cm) in Z coordinate 62.5475
 Figure 2. Dimensions in X-Y coordinate for single Curved Fuel Plate (FP).

Figure 3. Dimension in Z-coordinate for single Curved Fuel Plate (FP).

2. Modified Model for Simulation (Half Fuel Plate)

This simulation will be performed on a half fuel plate like showing in figure#4. Originally,
there is a two curved fuel plates (FP) parallel to each other with a coolant channel in between, like
figure#1 of this report. Each FP contains three regions (fuel, Zr and Clad). FPs were cut by half
(in the center line of the fuel"U-10Mo"), see figure#4. Please note that the outer surfaces of the
computational domain are set to be adiabatic, see figure#4. The computational domain of CFD
model will contain half FP in the upper side and half FP in the lower side and there is no change
in the coolant channel, it will remain the same, see figure#5.
 Figure 4. Hand-Draw for Half-2-Fuel Plates.

Fuel (U-10Mo)
Zirconium
Aluminum
(6061Al)

Coolant Channel in Between

Upper FP

Lower FP

Figure 5. After Modification, the model will look like this Pic.