Final Progress Report: Internship at Los Alamos National Laboratory

Technical Report · Wed Aug 08 00:00:00 EDT 2012

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1048833· OSTI ID:1048833

Dunham, Ryan Q. ^[1]

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1. Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Originally I was tasked fluidized bed modeling, however, I changed projects. While still working with ANSYS Fluent, I performed a study of particle tracks in glove boxes. This is useful from a Health-Physics perspective, dealing respirable particles that can be hazardous to the human body. I iteratively tested different amounts of turbulent particles in a steady-state flow. The goal of this testing was to discover how Fluent handles built-in Rosin-Rammler distributions for particle injections. I worked on the health physics flow problems and distribution analysis under the direction of two mentors, Bruce Letellier and Dave Decroix. I set up and ran particle injection calculations using Fluent. I tried different combinations of input parameters to produce sets of 500,000, 1 million, and 1.5 million particles to determine what a good test case would be for future experiments. I performed a variety of tasks in my work as an Undergraduate Student Intern at LANL this summer, and learned how to use a powerful CFD application in addition to expanding my skills in MATLAB. I enjoyed my work at LANL and hope to be able to use the experience here to further my career in the future working in a security-conscious environment. My mentors provided guidance and help with all of my projects and I am grateful for the opportunity to work at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC52-06NA25396
• OSTI ID: 1048833
• Report Number(s): LA-UR--12-24045
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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Environmental Sciences(54)
FLUIDIZED BEDS
GLOVES
LANL
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PARTICLE TRACKS
PROGRESS REPORT
RADIATION PROTECTION
SIMULATION
TESTING