• Title of article

    ExperimentsatthemixingtestfacilityROCOMforbenchmarkingofCFDcodesOriginalResearchArticle

  • Author/Authors

    S.Kliem، نويسنده , , T.Sühnel، نويسنده , , U.Rohde، نويسنده , , T.H?hne، نويسنده , , H.-M.Prasser، نويسنده , , F.-P.Weiss، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2008
  • Pages
    11
  • From page
    566
  • To page
    576
  • Abstract
    Abstract Forthevalidationofcomputationalfluiddynamics(CFD)codes,experimentaldataonfluidflowparameterswithhighresolutionintimeandspaceareneeded. RossendorfCoolantMixingModel(ROCOM)isatestfacilityfortheinvestigationofcoolantmixingintheprimarycircuitofpressurizedwaterreactors.ThisfacilityreproducestheprimarycircuitofaGermanKONVOI-typereactor.Allimportantdetailsofthereactorpressurevesselaremodelledatalinearscaleof1:5.Thefacilityischaracterizedbyflexiblepossibilitiesofoperationinawidevarietyofflowregimesandboundaryconditions.Theflowpathofthecoolantfromthecoldlegsthroughthedowncomeruntiltheinletintothecoreisequippedwithhigh-resolutiondetectors,inparticular,wiremeshsensorsinthedowncomerofthevesselwithameshof64×32measurementpositionsandinthecoreinletplanewithonemeasurementpositionfortheentryintoeachfuelassembly,toenablehigh-levelCFDcodevalidation.TwodifferenttypesofexperimentsattheROCOMtestfacilityhavebeenproposedforthispurpose.Thefirstproposalconcernsthetransportofaslugofhot,under-boratedcondensate,whichhasformedinthecoldlegafterasmallbreakLOCA,towardsthereactorcoreundernaturalcirculation.Thepropagationoftheemergencycorecoolingwaterinthetestfacilityundernaturalcirculationorevenstagnantflowconditionsshouldbeinvestigatedinthesecondtypeofexperiment.ThemeasureddatacancontributesignificantlytothevalidationofCFDcodesforcomplexmixingprocesseswithhighrelevancefornuclearsafety.
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Serial Year
    2008
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Record number

    895029