TY  - EJOU
AU  - Song, K.N. 

TI  - Structural Behavior Analysis on a Small-scale PCHE Prototype under High-temperature Gas Loop Conditions
T2  - Structural Durability \& Health Monitoring

PY  - 2011
VL  - 7
IS  - 4
SN  - 1930-2991

AB  - The IHX (Intermediate Heat Exchanger) of a VHTR (Very High Temperature Reactor) transfers 950° heat generated from the VHTR to a hydrogen production plant. The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) has manufactured a small-scale prototype of a PCHE (Printed Circuit Heat Exchanger) under consideration as a candidate of the IHX. In this study, as a part of high-temperature structural integrity evaluation of the small-scale PCHE prototype, we carried out a macroscopic structural behavior analysis including structural analysis modeling and thermal/elastic structural analysis under small-scale gas loop test conditions as a precedent study to a performance test. The results obtained in this study will be compared with the test results of the small-scale PCHE and also will be applied to the design of a medium-scale PCHE prototype.
KW  - Printed Circuit Heat Exchanger (PCHE)
KW  -  High-temperature Structural Analysis
KW  -  Very High Temperature Reactor (VHTR)
KW  -  Intermediate Heat Exchanger (IHX)

DO  - 10.3970/sdhm.2011.007.297