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COMMIX-1A analysis of fluid and thermal mixing in a model cold leg and downcomer of a PWR

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OSTI ID:5870431
The issue of thermal shock of a PWR pressure vessel has been under considerable attention recently. A number of experimental as well as analytical studies have been performed to investigate the effect of the thermal transient on the pressure vessel due to the high pressure injection (HPI) of the cold fluid into the cold leg. This process has been called Pressurized Thermal Shock (PTS). This paper is an analytical study of PTS by using COMMIX-1A. Experimental investigations were performed at CREARE and SAI. In the CREARE experiment, a 1/5 scale model was set up to simulate a cold leg and downcomer of a PWR. Tests with several different ratios of hot loop flow versus cold HPI flow were performed to study the effect of the flow ratio on the fluid and thermal mixing process in the system, especially in the downcomer region. Analytical investigations also proceeded in parallel with the experiments. Quite a few analytical investigations were performed with the COMMIX-1A code. However, in this version of COMMIX, the effect of the numerical diffusion was not addressed.
Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab., IL (USA); Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
5870431
Report Number(s):
CONF-830932-4; ON: DE83014741
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English