TY - JFULL AU - Djalal Hamed PY - 2018/9/ TI - Steady State Natural Convection in Vertical Heated Rectangular Channel between Two Vertical Parallel MTR-Type Fuel Plates T2 - International Journal of Nuclear and Quantum Engineering SP - 399 EP - 404 VL - 12 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10009418 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 140, 2018 N2 - The aim of this paper is to perform an analytic solution of steady state natural convection in a narrow rectangular channel between two vertical parallel MTR-type fuel plates, imposed under a cosine shape heat flux to determine the margin of the nuclear core power at which the natural convection cooling mode can ensure a safe core cooling, where the cladding temperature should not be reach the specific safety limits (90 °C). For this purpose, a simple computer program is developed to determine the principal parameter related to the nuclear core safety such as the temperature distribution in the fuel plate and in the coolant (light water) as a function of the reactor power. Our results are validated throughout a comparison against the results of another published work, which is considered like a reference of this study. ER -