Analysis of heat transfer through a high strength concrete with circular pipe in a safety vessel of reactor vault

Reactor Vault (RV) is an important structure that supports the main vessel and safety vessel of a reactor. It is a heavy cylindrical structure built around the safety vessel. The RV is divided into an inner and outer wall. The inner wall is of 600?mm thickness and is made of borated concrete, while the outer wall is made up of structural concrete. The outer wall is the main load-bearing member, whereas the inner wall supports only the safety vessel. To prepare a cylindrical model of RV using high strength concrete with special additive and to perform heat transfer analysis on the block to study the effect of air cavities present in the RV model on contact conductance, thermal conductivity and its heat transfer characteristics are studied experimentally.