Research Article
Design and Thermal-Hydraulic Evaluation of Integrated Steam Generator with Serpentine-Tube Configuration for Prevention of Sodium-Water Reaction
Table 3
Heat transfer and thermal-fluidic information for S-ISG.
| Parameter | Value (upregion) | Value (downregion) |
| Target heat transfer rate (MWth) | 96.77 | Sodium heat transfer rate (MWth) | 50.62 | 46.23 | LBE heat transfer rate (MWth) | 3.65 | 3.70 | Water heat transfer rate (MWth) | 47.84 | 49.06 | Sodium mass flow rate (kg/s) | 522.9 | Sodium inlet temperature (°C) | 510.8 | 510.0 | Sodium outlet temperature (°C) | 359.2 | 371.5 | Sodium pressure drop (kPa) | 124.2 | 124.2 | Steam/water mass flow rate (kg/s) | 43.1 | Water inlet temperature (°C) | 216.9 | 217.3 | Steam outlet temperature (°C) | 463.8 | 481.4 | Steam/water pressure drop (kPa) | 17.0 | 17.1 | LBE mass flow rate (kg/s) | 160.0 | LBE temperature at top (°C) | 494.0 | 494.0 | LBE temperature at bottom (°C) | 333.2 | 332.8 | LBE pressure drop (kPa) | 0.168 | 0.167 |
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