Program for Three-Dimensional Numerical Computation of Thermal and Electrical Properties of a Multicell Thermionic Fuel Element for the Direct Energy Conversion NPP

7/14/2012 2012 - #02 Modelling processes at nuclear facilities

Polous M.A. Yarygin V.I. Vinogradov E.G.

https://doi.org/10.26583/npe.2012.2.18

The existing COMSOL finite element analysis code has been modified to calculate the electro-thermophysical properties of a thermionic fuel element with a complex geometry of structural components for the new generation direct energy conversion NPP on a basis of its three-dimensional mathematical model using the discreet experimental data on the current-voltage characteristics of a thermionic converter.

Link for citing the article: Polous M.A., Yarygin V.I., Vinogradov E.G. Program for Three-Dimensional Numerical Computation of Thermal and Electrical Properties of a Multicell Thermionic Fuel Element for the Direct Energy Conversion NPP. Izvestiya vuzov. Yadernaya Energetika. 2012, no. 2, pp. 151-160; DOI: https://doi.org/10.26583/npe.2012.2.18 (in Russian).