A PROJECT REPORT ON

‘‘THERMAL ANALYSIS OF A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT’S

HEAT PIPE HEAT EXCHANGER USING CFD METHOD’’
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of

BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY
In

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
From
JAWAHARALAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICIAL UNIVERSITY, KAKINADA
By
K VENKATA VAMSI 22JE5A0301
Y MAHENDRA BABU 22JE5A0302
PATHAN IMRANKHAN 21JE1A0302
P SREENU 21JE1A0304
Under the esteemed guidance of
Mr. R.S.S. RAJU M. Tech ( Ph.D)
Assistant Professor
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

ESWAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

(Approved by AICTE, New Delhi, Affiliated to JNTUK, Kakinada)

KESANUPALLI (V), NARASARAOPET, GUNTUR

(DIST), ANDHRAPRADESH

2021-2025
 ESWAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

(Approved by AICTE, New Delhi, Affiliated to JNTUK, Kakinada)

KESANUPALLI (V), NARASARAOPET, GUNTUR (DIST),

ANDHRAPRADESH -522 459

CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that the project entitled “THERMAL ANALYSIS OF A

NUCLEAR POWER PLANT’S HEAT PIPE HEAT EXCHANGER USING
CFD METHOD” Submitted by K VENKATA VAMSI (22JE5A0301),Y
MAHENDRA BABU (22JE5A0302), PATHAN IMRANKHAN(21JE1A0302), P
SREENU (21JE1A0304), For the award of BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY in
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING from JNTU KAKINADA under supervision of
Mr. R.S.S.RAJUM. TECH (Ph.D), the project report embodies of original work and
studies are carried out by student himself and the contents of thesis do not from the
basis award of any other degree to the candidate or to anybody else from this or
any other university/institution.

Signature of the Guide Signature of the HOD

R.S.S. RAJU M.Tech (Ph.D) SK. CHAND MABHU SUBHANI M.Tech
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Signature of the External Examiner

Date:
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

This report will certainly not be completed without do acknowledgements paid to all those
who have helped me in doing our project work.

We would like to thank our PARENTS for being supportive all the time, and we are very
much obliged to them.

It is our privilege to thank Mr. Dr G. NAGAMALLESWARA RAO Principal for his

support during the progress of this project.

We would like to express our gratitude to our beloved chairman Sri. SK. MEERAVALI
Secretary Correspondent Sri. SK. KAREEM MOHIDDIN and Managing Director Dr SK.
MASTAN SHAREEF for providing us conductive environment for carrying throughout
academic schedules and projects with their valuable suggestion and their ever-lost moral support.

We express our sincere thanks to our guide Mr. R.S.S. RAJU M. TECH (Ph.D), Assistant
Professor for giving us moral support, kind attention and valuable guidance to us throughout the
project work.

This privilege to thank Mr. SK. CHAND MABHU SUBHANI M.TECH, MIAENG Assistant
Professor &Head of Department, Mechanical Engineering for his encouragement during the
progress of this project.

We are thankful to both teaching and non-teaching staff members of MECHANICAL

ENGINEERING Department for their kind cooperation and all sorts of help to bring out this
project work successfully.
 DECLARATION

We hereby declare that the entire work embodied in this project entitled ‘‘THERMAL
ANALYSIS OF A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT’S HEAT PIPE HEAT EXCHANGER
USING CFD METHOD” has been carried out by us .no part of this work has been submitted for
the award of any degree or diploma at any other university or institution. We further declare that this
project dissertation is based on my work carried out at ‘‘ESWAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING,
KESANUPALLI’’ in the Final year B-Tech course.

K VENKATA VAMSI 22JE5A0301

Y MAHENDRA BABU 22JE5A0302

PATHAN IMRANKHAN 21JE1A0302

P SREENU 21JE1A0304
 INDEX

CONTENT PAGE NO

ABSTRACT

CHAPTER-1

INTRODUCTION 1-14

1.1 INTRODUCTION OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

HEAT EXCHANGER 1-4
1.2 TYPES OF HEAT EXCHANGERS 4-9
1.3 ADVANTAGES 9-10
1.4 DISADVANTAGES 11-13
1.5 APPLICATIONS OF NUCLEAR POWEER PLANT
HEAT EXCHANGERS 13-14

CHAPTER-2

LITERATURE REVIEW 14-17

CHAPTER-3

METHODALOGY 18-27

3.1 DESIGN OF SPECIFICATIONS 18-18

3.2 MATERIAL DATA 18-23
3.3 CATIA PROCESS 23-24
3.4 ANSYS PROCESS 24-27

CHAPTER-4

INTRODUCTION TO CATIA V5R20 27-37

4.1 SKETCHER WORK BENCHES 27-28

4.1.1 THE SKETCH TOOLS TOOLBAR 29

4.1.2 PART DESIGN WORKBENCH 29

4.1.3 WIRE FRAME AND SURFACE DESIGN WORKBENCH 30

4.1.4 ASSEMBLY DESIGN WORKBENCH 30

4.1.5 DRAFTING WORKBENCH 30-31

4.1.6 GENERATIVE SHEET METAL DESIGN WORKBENCH 31

4.1.7 SYSTEM REQUIREMENT 31

4.1.8 GETTING STARTED WITH CATIA V5R20 31-32

4.2 NUCLEAR POWER PLANT HEAT EXHANGER IN CATIA

4.2.1 MODELING THE HEAT EXCHANGER 32-38

4.2.2 ANALYSIS AND SIMULATION 37

4.2.3 MATERIALS AND STRESS SIMULATION 37

CHAPTER-5

INTRODUCTION TO ANSYS 38-62

5.1 PROGRAMME ORGANIZATION 38

5.1.1 MATERIAL MODELS 38

5.1.2 LOADS 38-39

5.2 ANALYSIS TYPES 39-40

5.3 POST PROCESSING 40

5.4 STATIC ANALYSIS 40-41

 CHAPTER-6

ANSYS PROCESS 42-48

6.1 STEADY- STATE THERMAL 49

6.1.1 COPPER ALLOY 49-50

6.1.2 STRUCTURAL STEEL 51-52

6.1.3 ALUMINIUM ALLOY 53-54

CHAPTER-7

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 55-56

CHAPTER-8

CONCLUSION 56-57

CHAPTER-9

REFRENCES 58-62
LIST OF FIGURES PAGE NO’S

FIGURE 1: HEAT EXCHANGER 5

FIGURE:2 HEAT EXCHANGER IN COOLING SYSTEM 6
FIGURE:3 NUCLEAR POWER PLANT HEAT EXCHANGER
DESIGN SKETCH PART CIRCLE (848.8 D) 32
FIGURE:4 NUCLEAR POWER PLANT HEAT EXCHANGER
DESIGN SKETCH PAD (180 D) 33
FIGURE:5 NUCLEAR POWER PLANT HEAT EXCHANGER
HEAT PIPE PAD & DIAMETER (648 L & 177 D) 33
FIGURE:6 NUCLEAR POWER PLANT HEAT EXCHANGER
HEAT PIPES POLAR PARTS & ANGLE ( 12 P & 30 DEG) 34
FIGURE:7 NUCLEAR POWER PLANT HEAT EXCHANGER
TUBE CIRCLE & PAD (50 D & 646 L) 34
FIGURE:8 NUCLEAR POWER PLANT HEAT EXCHANGER
TUBE STRAIGHT POLAR & DIST
ANCE (4 P& 70 DIS) 35
FIGURE:9 NUCLEAR POWER PLANT HEAT EXCHANGER
TUBES CIRCULAR POLAR & DISTANCE (12 P& 30 DEG) 35
FIGURE:10 NUCLEAR POWER PLANT HEAT EXCHANGER
TUBES CIRCULAR POLAR & DISTANCE (18 P & 40 DEG) 36
FIGURE:11 NUCLEAR POWER PLANT HEAT EXCHANGER MIRROR 36
FIGURE:12 NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
HEAT EXCHANGER FINAL DESIGN 37
FIGURE:13 ANSYS PROCESS WORKBENCH 42
FIGURE:14 ANSYS PROCESS WORKBENCH ENGINEERING DATA 42

FIGURE:15 ANSYS PROCESS GEOMENTRY &

IMPORT GEOMETRY & BROWSE 43

FIGURE:16 ANSYS PROCESS MODEL 43
FIGURE:17 ANSYS PROCESS MODEL MATERIAL ASSIGNMENT 44
FIGURE:18 ANSYS PROCESS MODEL GENERATE MESH 45
FIGURE:19 ANSYS PROCESS STEADY STATE
THERMAL TEMPERATURE APPLY 45
FIGURE:20 ANSYS PROCESS STEADY-STATE
THERMAL HEAT FLOW APPLY 46
FIGURE:21 ANSYS PROCESS STEADY-STATE
THERMAL HEAT FLUX APPLY 46
FIGURE:22 ANSYS PROCESS SOLUTION TEMPERATURE APPLY 47
FIGURE:23 ANSYS PROCESS SOLUTION TOTAL HEAT FLUX APPLY 47
FIGURE:24 ANSYS PROCESS SOLUTION
DIRECTION HEAT FLUX APPLY 48
FIGURE:25 ANSYS PROCESS SOLVE APPLY 48
FIGURE:26 ANSYS PROCESS STEADY STATE
THERMAL TEMPERATURE APPLY 49
FIGURE:27 ANSYS PROCESS STEADY STATE
THERMAL TOTAL HEAT FLUX APPLY 49
FIGURE:28 ANSYS PROCESS STEADY STATE
THERMAL DIRECTIONAL HEAT FLUX SUPPLY 50
FIGURE:29 ANSYS PROCESS STEADY STATE
THERMAL TEMPERATURE APPLY 51
FIGURE:30 ANSYS PROCESS STEADY STATE
THERMAL DIRECTIONAL HEAT FLUX APPLY 51
FIGURE:31 ANSYS PROCESS STEADY STATE
THERMAL TOTAL HEAT FLUX APPLY 52
FIGURE:32 ANSYS PROCESS STEADY STATE
THERMAL TEMPERATURE APPLY 53
FIGURE:33 ANSYS PROCESS STEADY STATE
THERMAL DIRECTIONAL HEAT FLUX APPLY 53