PEBBLES: A COMPUTER CODE FOR MODELING PACKING, FLOW AND RECIRCULATIONOF PEBBLES IN A PEBBLE BED REACTOR

Conference · Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2006

OSTI ID:911789

Cogliati, Joshua J; Ougouag, Abderrafi M

A comprehensive, high fidelity model for pebble flow has been developed and embodied in the PEBBLES computer code. In this paper, a description of the physical artifacts included in the model is presented and some results from using the computer code for predicting the features of pebble flow and packing in a realistic pebble bed reactor design are shown. The sensitivity of models to various physical parameters is also discussed.

• Research Organization: Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE - NE
• DOE Contract Number: DE-AC07-99ID-13727
• OSTI ID: 911789
• Report Number(s): INL/CON-06-11790; TRN: US0800137
• Resource Relation: Conference: 3rd International Topical Meeting on High Temperature Reactor Technology,Johannesburg, South Africa,10/01/2006,10/04/2006
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

21 - SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
COMPUTER CODES
DESIGN
PEBBLE BED REACTORS
REACTOR TECHNOLOGY
SENSITIVITY
SIMULATION
Pebble bed
DEM
granular flow
packing