VIPRE-01: A thermal-hydraulic code for reactor cores

Technical Report · Tue Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1989

OSTI ID:5530230

Stewart, C W; Cuta, J M; Montgomery, S D; Kelly, J M; Basehore, K L; George, T L; Rowe, D S ^[1]

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1. Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA)

The VIPRE-01 thermal hydraulics code for PWR and BWR analysis has undergone significant modifications and error correction. This manual for the updated code, designated as VIPRE-01 Mod-02, describes improvements that eliminate problems of slow convergence with the drift flux model in transient simulation. To update the VIPRE-01 code and its documentation the drift flux model of two-phase flow was implemented and error corrections developed during VIPRE-01 application were included. The project team modified the existing VIPRE-01 equations into drift flux model equations by developing additional terms. They also developed and implemented corrections for the errors identified during the last four years. They then validated the modified code against standard test data using selected test cases. The project team prepared documentation revisions reflecting code improvements and corrections to replace the corresponding sections in the original VIPRE documents. The revised VIPRE code, designated VIPRE-01 Mod-02, incorporates improvements that eliminate many shortcomings of the previous version. During the validation, the code produces satisfactory output compared with test data. The revised documentation is in the form of binder pages to replace existing pages in three of the original manuals.

• Research Organization: Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (USA); Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: EPRI
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 5530230
• Report Number(s): EPRI-NP-2511-CCM-A-Vol.1-Rev.3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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