RELAP5 model to simulate the thermal-hydraulic effects of grid spacers and cladding rupture during reflood
- B&W Nuclear Technologies, Lynchburg, VA (United States)
Droplet breakup at spacer grids and a cladding swelled and ruptured locations plays an important role in the cooling of nuclear fuel rods during the reflooding period of a loss-of-coolant accident (LOCA) in a pressurized water reactor (PWR). During the reflood phase, a spacer grid affects the thermal-hydraulic system behavior through increased turbulence, droplet breakup due to impact on grid straps, grid rewetting, and liquid holdup due to grid form losses. Recently, models to simulate spacer grid effects and blockage and rupture effects on system thermal hydraulics were added to the B&W Nuclear Technologies (BWNT) version of the RELAP5/MOD2 computer code. Several FLECHT-SEASET forced reflood tests, CCTF Tests C1-19 and C2-6, SCTF Test S3-15, and G2 Test 561 were simulated using RELAP5/MOD2-B&W to verify the applicability of the model at the cladding swelled and rupture locations. The results demonstrate the importance of modeling the thermal-hydraulic effects due to grids, and clad swelling and rupture to correctly predict the clad temperature response during the reflood phase of large break LOCA. The RELAP5 models and the test results are described in this paper.
- Research Organization:
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (United States). Div. of Systems Technology; American Nuclear Society, La Grange Park, IL (United States); American Inst. of Chemical Engineers, New York, NY (United States); American Society of Mechanical Engineers, New York, NY (United States); Canadian Nuclear Society, Toronto, ON (Canada); European Nuclear Society (ENS), Bern (Switzerland); Atomic Energy Society of Japan, Tokyo (Japan); Japan Society of Multiphase Flow, Kyoto (Japan)
- OSTI ID:
- 115100
- Report Number(s):
- NUREG/CP--0142-Vol.3; CONF-950904--Vol.3; ON: TI95017079
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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