International contributions to IAEA-NEA heat transfer databases for supercritical fluids

An IAEA Coordinated Research Project on "Heat Transfer Behaviour and Thermohydraulics Code Testing for SCWRs" is being conducted to facilitate collaboration and interaction among participants from 15 organizations. While the project covers several key technology areas relevant to the development of SCWR concepts, it focuses mainly on the heat transfer aspect, which has been identified as the most challenging. Through the collaborating effort, large heat-transfer databases have been compiled for supercritical water and surrogate fluids in tubes, annuli, and bundle subassemblies of various orientations over a wide range of flow conditions. Assessments of several supercritical heat-transfer correlations were performed using the complied databases. The assessment results are presented. © Copyright 2012, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL Unrestricted Document number - CW-125000-CONF-013).