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Examples For Chapter 3 - 2.PDF-revCRR-September 11, 2016

The document discusses two examples involving heat and mass transfer: 1) It examines the concentration profile and consumption rate of a reactant A inside a thin disk-shaped catalyst particle. Expressions are derived for these values using an effective rate constant and the dynamic length scale λ. 2) It considers heat transfer in a nuclear fuel rod surrounded by an aluminum cladding and immersed in a coolant. Expressions are obtained for the temperature profiles in the fuel and cladding, the maximum temperature, and the rate of energy removal from the fuel rod using the given heat source distribution and material properties.

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Examples For Chapter 3 - 2.PDF-revCRR-September 11, 2016

The document discusses two examples involving heat and mass transfer: 1) It examines the concentration profile and consumption rate of a reactant A inside a thin disk-shaped catalyst particle. Expressions are derived for these values using an effective rate constant and the dynamic length scale λ. 2) It considers heat transfer in a nuclear fuel rod surrounded by an aluminum cladding and immersed in a coolant. Expressions are obtained for the temperature profiles in the fuel and cladding, the maximum temperature, and the rate of energy removal from the fuel rod using the given heat source distribution and material properties.

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Effectiveness* factors* for* thin* disks* (adapted* from* problem* 18B.

14* of* BSL* 2nd*


Edition).! Consider! porous! catalyst! particles! in! the! shape! of! thin! disks! (see! the! figure!
below).!The!heterogenous!reaction!occurring!on!the!catalyst!surface!can!be!modeled!using!
an!effective!rate!constant! ke,A = ks,A a !( ks,A !is!the!surface!reaction!rate!constant!and! a !is!the!
surface! area! per! unit! volume! in! the! catalyst)! and! the! diffusivity! of! the! reactants! and!
products! through! the! tortuous! porous! network! can! be! modeled! using! an! effective!
diffusivity.!!

!
a) Assuming!that!the!catalyst!particles!are!immersed!in!a!fluid!containing!the!reactant!A!at!
a!concentration! C0 ,!obtain!expressions!for!the!steady@state!concentration!profile!inside!
the!catalyst!particles!and!for!the!net!rate!of!consumption!of!A,! WA ,!for!a!given!catalyst!
particle.!In!your!expression!use!the!dynamic!length! = ke / DA .!
b) Obtain!an!expression!for!the!net!rate!of!consumption!of!A,! WA( n ) ,!if!a!disk!is!cut!into!n#
slices! perpendicular! to! its! axis.! Use! this! expression! and! the! following! definition! to!
obtain! the! effectiveness! factor! for! a! disk! shaped! catalyst! particle!
W
A = lim (An ) !!
!
n W
A
Express! this! result! in! terms! of! the! parameter!
!

Vp
=
Sp

k e Vp
,! the! so@called!
DA S p

generalized!modulus.!

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Heat%conduction%in%a%nuclear%fuel%rod%assembly%(adapted%from%problem%10B.3%from%
BSL%2nd%Ed).!Consider!a!long!cylindrical!nuclear!fuel!rod,!surrounded!by!an!annular!layer!of!
aluminum! cladding.! Within! the! fuel! rod! heat! is! produced! by! fission;! this! heat! source!
depends!on!position!approximately!as!
2

r
Sn = Sn0 1+ b !!
!
RF

Here! S n0 !and! b !are!known!constants,!and! r !is!the!radial!coordinate.!Obtain!expressions!for!


the!temperature!profiles!in!the!fuel!rod!and!cladding,!the!maximum!temperature,!and!the!
rate! of! energy! removal! from! the! fuel! rod! if! the! outer! surface! of! the! cladding! is! in! contact!
with! a! liquid! coolant! at! temperature! TL .! The! heat! transfer! coefficient! at! the! claddingB
coolant!interface!is! hL ,!and!the!thermal!conductivities!of!the!fuel!rod!and!cladding!are! k F !
and! kC .! Use! RC !and! RF !for! the! radii! at! the! surface! of! the! cladding! and! fuel! rod,!
respectively.!

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