Title of article
Scalingofquenchfrontandentrainment-relatedphenomenaOriginalResearchArticle
Author/Authors
M.JHolowach، نويسنده , , L.EHochreiter، نويسنده , , F.-BCheung، نويسنده , , D.LAumiller، نويسنده , , R.JHouser، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2003
Pages
13
From page
197
To page
209
Abstract
Thescalingofthermalhydraulicsystemsisofgreatimportanceinthedevelopmentofexperimentsinlaboratory-scaletestfacilitiesthatareusedtoreplicatetheresponseoffull-sizeprototypicaldesigns.Oneparticularprocessthatisofinterestinexperimentalmodelingisthequenchfrontthatdevelopsduringtherefloodphaseinapressurizedwaterreactor(PWR)followingalarge-breaklossofcoolantaccident(LOCA).Thepurposeofthisstudyistodevelopascalingmethodologysuchthattheprototypicalquenchfrontrelatedphenomenasuchastheentrainmentofliquiddropletscanbepreservedinalaboratory-scaletestfacilitywhichmayhavematerial,geometrical,fluid,andflowdifferencesascomparedtotheprototypicalcase.AmassandenergybalanceonaLagrangianquenchfrontcontrolvolumealongwithtemporalscalingmethodsareutilizedindevelopingthequenchfrontscalinggroupsforaphenomena-specificsecond-tierscalinganalysis.AsamplecalculationispresentedcomparingthequenchfrontscalinggroupscalculatedforaprototypicalWestinghouse17×17PWRfueldesignandthatofthegeometryandmaterialconfigurationusedintheFLECHT-SEASETseriesofexperiments.
Journal title
Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
Serial Year
2003
Journal title
Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
Record number
894560
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