• Title of article

    DetailedCFX-5studyofthecoolantmixingwithinthereactorpressurevesselofaVVER-1000reactorduringanon-symmetricalheat-uptestOriginalResearchArticle

  • Author/Authors

    MichaelB?ttcher، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2008
  • Pages
    8
  • From page
    445
  • To page
    452
  • Abstract
    AspartofthereactordynamicsactivitiesofFZK/IRS,thequalificationofadetailed3DCFDmodelofareactorpressurevesselisakeystepinsafetyevaluationsforimprovingpredictivecapabilitiesandacceptabilityofcommercialCFDtoolsinreactorphysics.TheVVER-1000CoolantTransientBenchmark,initiatedbyOECD,representsanexcellentopportunityforvalidation.InthisworkaCFDmodelforthecompleteVVER-1000reactorpressurevesselispresented.Duetocomputationallimitssimplificationsofthecoreandofsomeothergeometricaldetailsareintroduced.Thesimulatedscenarioistheheat-upofonecoolantloopincaseoftheisolationofasteamgeneratorwhilethereactorisoperatingatalowpowerlevel.Twotransientrunswithafirstandsecondorderapproximationofthespatialdiscretizationareperformed.Unexpectedly,thefirstordermethodrevealsbetteragreementwithmeasureddata.
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Serial Year
    2008
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Record number

    895017