• Title of article

    ValidationoftheCFX4CFDcodeforcontainmentthermal-hydraulicsOriginalResearchArticle

  • Author/Authors

    M.Houkema، نويسنده , , N.B.Siccama، نويسنده , , J.A.LycklamaàNijeholt، نويسنده , , E.M.J.Komen، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2008
  • Pages
    10
  • From page
    590
  • To page
    599
  • Abstract
    Inordertodeterminetheriskassociatedwiththepresenceofhydrogeninanuclearpowerplantcontainmentduringahypotheticalsevereaccident,thermalhydrauliccodesareused.Amongstothercodes,NRGusesthecommercialcomputationalfluiddynamicscodeCFX4forthispurpose.Modelstodescribecondensationhavebeenimplementedbyusercoding.Thispaperdescribesthesemodels.Inaddition,anoverviewisgivenofvalidationactivitieswiththeCFX4model.Experimentalresultsfromthefollowingsourceshavebeenused:theKuhncondensationmodel;thePHEBUStestfacility;thePANDAtestfacility;andtheTOSQAN,MISTRA,andTHAItestfacilitieswithintheOECDInternationalStandardProblem47.TheCFX4modelpredictionsarefairlygood.Deviationsoriginateprimarilyfromtheappliedwalltreatment.Severalrecommendationsforfurtherdevelopmentarethereforeproposed.
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Serial Year
    2008
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Record number

    895031