Title of article
VerificationandvalidationoftheHTGRsystemsCFDcodeFlownexOriginalResearchArticle
Author/Authors
JanP.vanRavenswaay، نويسنده , , GideonP.Greyvenstein، نويسنده , , WillemM.K.vanNiekerk، نويسنده , , JohanT.Labuschagne، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2006
Pages
11
From page
491
To page
501
Abstract
Regulatoryrequirementsprescribeextensiveverificationandvalidation(V&V)ofcomputercodesthatareusedinthedesignandanalysisofaccidentconditionsinnuclearplants.FlownexisadynamicsystemsCFDcodeusedastheprimarythermal-fluidsimulationcodebythePebbleBedModularReactorCompany(PBMR).
Stringentqualityassuranceprocesseshavebeenimplementedtoensurethatthecodeconformstothesetstandards.TheseprocessesincludethecomparisonofFlownexwithanalyticalresultsaswellaswithexperimentaldata.
Theresultsofthisprocessaresummarizedinthispaper.AnalyticalsolutionsareusedtoverifyFlownexʹselementmodelssoastoensurethatthebasictheoryiscorrectlyimplementedinthecomputercode.AspartoftheanalyticalV&Veffortvariouswell-definedproblemsaresolvedusingnumericalmethodsimplementedinindependentcomputercodes.
ComparisonwithexperimentalandplantdataisaveryimportantfeatureoftheV&Vprogramtovalidatethatthechosentheoryisfitforpurpose.Forthis,validationdatafromthepebblebedmicromodel(PBMM)isused.InadditiontothePBMMexperimentaldataFlownexiscomparedtoanumberofsmallthermal-fluidexperimentsinwhichcertainspecificcomponentphenomenaisvalidated.TheseexperimentsweredevelopedincollaborationwithNorth-WestUniversity(previouslyPotchefstroomUniversity).
Journal title
Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
Serial Year
2006
Journal title
Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
Record number
896010
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