Thermal – hydraulic analysis of fuel block in high temepera-ture reactor

Thermal hydraulic analysis of the reactor core is important since it allows to optimize the nuclear reactor operation and to avoid too high temperature in the fuel. Enhancement of the reactor core increases the safety and the efficiency of the reactor operation and it has positive impact on the logistic in the nuclear sector. The thermal analysis of the fuel block column of the high temperature reactor is presented. The 3D power density profile has been used in the thermal calculations to obtain the temperature field within the column of the nine fuel blocks. The hot spot for the critical power profile is found. Temperature profiles obtained in the analysis have been compared with the reference data to check the numerical model, which has been used in the CFD calculations. Obtained temperatures are consistent with the reference data, it proves that the numerical model is correct.