Temperature profile with a nuclear heat source

Input(s)

SnoS_{n o}: Volume Rate Heat Production at the Center of the Source (cal/cm3 s)\left(\mathrm{cal} / \mathrm{cm}^{3} \mathrm{~s}\right)

RFR^{F}: Radius of Fissionable Substance (cm)

KFK^{F}: Thermal Conductivity of Fissionable Substance (W/cm K)

r\mathrm{r}: Radius of Core (cm)(\mathrm{cm})

b: Constant of Fission (dimensionless)

kck^{c}: Thermal Conductivity of Casing Substance (W/cm K)

RcR^{c}: Radius of Casing Substance (cm)(\mathrm{cm})

ToT_{o}: Initial Temperature (K)

Output(s)

TfT_{f}: Temperature of Fissionable Substance (K)

Formula(s)

Tf=(Sno(R(F)2)6 KF)((1(rRF)2)+310 b(1(rRF)4))+(Sno(R(F)2)3kc)(1+35 b)(1RFRc)+To\mathrm{T}_{\mathrm{f}}=\left(\frac{\mathrm{S}_{\mathrm{no}} *\left(\mathrm{R}^{(\mathrm{F}) 2}\right)}{6 * \mathrm{~K}^{\mathrm{F}}}\right) *\left(\left(1-\left(\frac{\mathrm{r}}{\mathrm{R}^{\mathrm{F}}}\right)^{2}\right)+\frac{3}{10} * \mathrm{~b} *\left(1-\left(\frac{\mathrm{r}}{\mathrm{R}^{\mathrm{F}}}\right)^{4}\right)\right)+\left(\frac{\mathrm{S}_{\mathrm{no}} *\left(\mathrm{R}^{(\mathrm{F}) 2}\right)}{3 * \mathrm{k}^{\mathrm{c}}}\right) *\left(1+\frac{3}{5} * \mathrm{~b}\right) *\left(1-\frac{\mathrm{R}^{\mathrm{F}}}{\mathrm{R}^{\mathrm{c}}}\right)+\mathrm{T}_{\mathrm{o}}

Reference(s)

Bird, R.B., Stewart, W.E. and Lightfoot, E.N. (2002). Transport Phenomena (Second Ed.). John Wiley & Sons, Chapter: 10, Page: 298.


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