A Heat Pipe Design for ARIES-ST Center Post

ARIES Electronic Project Meeting
December 4, 1998

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Fig. 6. Center post specific/total afterheat at the mid-plane.

Design Conclusion
To accomodate the afterheat generation 35 heat pipes (16 cm diameter) need to be arranged and distributed uniformly over the CP cross section. The use of many small heat pipes mimimizes the effect of failure of some of them during LOCA.