ISSN Online: 2377-424X
ISBN Print: 1-56032-797-9
International Heat Transfer Conference 11
FUNDAMENTAL STUDY ON HIGH HEAT FLUX REMOVAL SYSTEM USING EVAPORATED FLUID IN METAL POROUS MEDIA
Abstract
In a future design of a compact fusion reactor with enhanced power density, how to remove of heat from high heat flux components and to get higher temperature operating fluid for power generation will inevitably play an important role. In the present work, we propose a new cooling system using sintered metal porous media. In the porous media subjected to high heat load, however, such complex thermo-hydraulic phenomena as not easily predicted by the previous macroscopic analysis can be expected to occur. Therefore, the purpose of the present work is to investigate numerically and experimentally the basic characteristics of heat and mass transfer in the proposed porous system under high heat load.