Abstract
A quantitative analysis of temperature fluctuations is necessary for understanding the implications of thermal striping phenomenon occurring in the core outlet region of the fast breeder reactor (FBR). In the present study, the applicability of the temperature variance model and associated modeling for the triple jet flow has been evaluated. A system of three non-isothermal parallel jets, experimented by Tokuhiro and Kimura (1999) and Nishimura et al. (2000) has been used to simulate the flow occurring at the core outlet region of the FBR. The velocity fields of the flow have been predicted using the Reynolds stress model. The performance of the temperature variance model was tested using different turbulent Prandtl numbers and different algebraic models for scalar dissipation rate. The predictions were validated with the experimental results of the respective authors. The predicted values of mean temperature were found to be sensitive to turbulent Prandtl number. In this study turbulent Prandtl number was found to vary along the flow field as a function of turbulent Reynolds number.
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