The fuel burnup examination is vital to improve the operating of nuclear reactors safely and economically and it is essential information in the safety analysis report. This study focuses on determination of the percentage of the fuel burnup of the Tajoura Nuclear Research Centre (TNRC)'s reactor. All macroscopic cross sections as a function of fuel burnup were obtained by the WIMS-ANL code. The core calculations are generated by using REBUS-PC in order to evaluate the core effective multiplication factorkeff and fuel burnup at the end of the fuel cycle. The results of the fuel burnup show that that the maximum percentage of the burnup is 33 %. Moreover, the average fuel burnup percentage in the core is 31.5 % which leads to reload the core with fresh fuel or shuffling the fuel. In addition, There is an obvious agreement between the current results of all control rods worth and the experimental measurements.

The aim of the present work is to guarantee the safety of the Tajoura Nuclear Research Centre's reactor (TNRC) as a result of a hypothetical Loss of Coolant Accident (LOCA). Transient evaluation of the postulated LOCA in primary coolant system is executed using PARET/ANL Code. A large break (LB LOCA) is assumed and the location of the rupture is supposed to be in the main primary circuit pipe at the outlet of the storage pool i.e. 3.5 m above the reactor core's level. Therefore, the core is covered with water and natural convection mainly provides the cooling after the accident and stopping the primary circuit pumps. The simulations are performed at the operating power of the reactor equals to 9 MW and for 180 s after the postulated rupture. The results show that SCRAM occurs at 14 s after the transient and primary circuit pumps stop at 103 s. Therefore, the cooling of the core is achieved at the beginning by the forced convection then the reversal flow takes place and the natural convection roles the cooling. In addition, the results show that the reactor is safe since the clad surface temperature (8٦ °C) at the hottest channel is lower than the maximum permitted value this means the existence of sufficient water above the core to cool it by the natural convection.

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In present day triple tube heat exchanger is the most common type heat exchanger widely use in ventilation & air conditioning systems, oil refinery and other large chemical process, because it suits high pressure application. The process in solving simulation consists of modelling and meshing the basic geometry of triple tube heat exchanger using CFD package ANSYS 14.0. The objective of the project is design of triple tube heat exchanger and study the flow and temperature field inside the triple tube using ANSYS software tools. The heat exchanger contains 3 tubes and 500 mm length triple tube diameter 75 mm. In simulation will show how the flow pattern in the triple tube of the heat exchanger with heat transfer effects the efficiency due to the new design of the geometry of triple tube, which results in a significant increase in heat transfer coefficient per unit pressure drop in the heat exchanger spaced reduced

This paper is devoted to study the effect of crashing of vehicles with concrete blocks that placed around lighting poles. Unexpected dangers takes place if crashing occurs. It may cause death of the driver and passengers, or severe injuries. In order to minimize or eliminate this risk, a system made of corrugated composite material plates have been designed to replace the concrete blocks around lighting poles. This system is made of reinforced fiber glass and it is modeled to crash with a model of car exactly similar to the real one, forming a simulation of car accident. Modeling process takes place using Finite Element Analysis (FEA). ANSYS software utilized for this purpose. Simulation was performed at three different speeds of the vehicle. Results obtained have been recorded in a form of deformed mesh, and contours. The results proved that the new designed system is working perfectly and it has the ability to absorb impact energy caused by car accident. Therefore, by using composite material instead of concrete, risk of death and injuries will minimized or completely eliminated.

In this paper, a series of experiments were conducted including testing of the capabilities of composite material as an energy absorber. Composite plate specimens with different corrugation profile have been fabricated and tested under the same condition. The corrugated profiles are: sinusoidal, triangle, and square shape. All these specimens were made of glass fibers using hand layup technique. The corrugated plates are subjected to quasi-static compression load. In addition to that same kind of tested specimens have been modeled and tested using Finite Element Method (FEM). Theoretical and experimental results in a form of energy absorption and specific energy have been recorded. It is found that results of theoretical and experimental tests are almost exactly identical. It has been observed that composite plate with square profile recorded the highest energy absorption and specific energy for theoretical as well as experimental tests.

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Swirl stabilised combustion is one of the most widely used techniques for flame stabilisation in gas turbine combustors. Lean premixed combustion systems allow the reduction of NOx coupled with fair flame stability. The swirl mechanism produces an aerodynamic region known as central recirculation zone (CRZ) providing a low velocity region where the flame speed matches the flow velocity, thus anchoring the flame whilst serving to recycle heat and active chemical species to the root of the f

ormer. Another beneficial feature of the CRZ is the enhancement of the mixing in and around this region. However, the mixing and stabilisation processes inside of this zone have shown to be extremely complex. The level of swirl, burner outlet configuration and combustor expansion are very important variables that define the features of the CRZ.

Therefore, in this paper swirling flame dynamics are investigated using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) with commercial software (ANSYS). A new generic swirl burner operated under lean-premixed conditions was modelled. A variety of nozzles were analysed using several gaseous blends at a constant power output. The investigation was based on recognising the size and strength of the central recirculation zones. The dimensions and turbulence of the Central Recirculation Zone were measured and correlated to previous experiments. The results show how the strength and size of the recirculation zone are highly influenced by the blend and infer that it is governed by both the shear layer surrounding the Central Recirculation Zones (CRZ) and the gas composition

The main objective of this paper is to study the effect of replacing

the internal casing of water boiler that made of metallic material by a

similar one made of composite materials. An intensive theoretical study

have been carried out on domestic electrical water boiler using modeling

technique. Analysis and modeling process was performed using Finite

Element Method. Thermal conductivity which is the main parameter

affecting heat transfer has been tested for composite material as well as

for metallic materials. Results showed that it is more convenient to use

composite material for inner case of water boiler instead of metallic

material. Composite materials are lighter than metallic material, much

safer (eliminate possibility of electrical shock), and it hasn't corrosion

problems. It is found that it is possible to replace the internal case of

water boiler made of metallic material with a wall thickness of 7 mm by

an equivalent composite material case made of glass fiber with the same

thickness. Obtained results showed that seven layers of composite

materials forming similar wall thickness is an optimum case with respect

of heat transfer and thermal conductivity.

The aim of the present work is to guarantee the safety of the Tajoura Nuclear Research Centre's reactor (TNRC) as a result of a hypothetical Loss of Coolant Accident (LOCA). Transient evaluation of the postulated LOCA in primary coolant system is executed using PARET/ANL Code. A large break (LB-LOCA) is assumed and the location of the rupture is supposed to be 4.32m above the core. Therefore, the core is covered with water and natural convection mainly provides the cooling after the accident. The simulations are performed at the operating power of the reactor equals to 9 MW and for 180 s after SCRAM. The results show that the reactor is safe since the clad surface temperature (95.23 °C) at the hottest channel is lower than the maximum permitted value this means the existence of sufficient water above the core to cool it by the natural convection.