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Development and assessment of the CONTAIN hybrid flow solver

Conference ·
OSTI ID:537369

A new gravitational head formulation for the treatment of stratified flows has been developed for CONTAIN, a lumped-parameter code used primarily for the analysis of postulated accidents in nuclear power plants. This new hybrid formulation is discussed and compared in this paper with the old, average-density CONTAIN formulation. In addition, these formulations are assessed against experimental data from three large-scale experiments in which stratified conditions were observed. These are the NUPEC M-8-1, Surtsey ST-3, and the HDR E11.2 experiments.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States); Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
OSTI ID:
537369
Report Number(s):
SAND--97-1611C; CONF-971125--6; ON: DE97007123; BR: 401001060
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English