Comparison of computational results of the SABRE LMFBR pin bundle blockage code with data from well-instrumented out-of-pile test bundles (THORS bundles 3A and 5A)
The Subchannel Analysis of Blockages in Reactor Elements (SABRE) computer code, developed by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, is currently the only practical tool available for performing detailed analyses of velocity and temperature fields in the recirculating flow regions downstream of blockages in liquid-metal fast breeder reactor (LMFBR) pin bundles. SABRE is a subchannel analysis code; that is, it accurately represents the complex geometry of nuclear fuel pins arranged on a triangular lattice. The results of SABRE computational models are compared here with temperature data from two out-of-pile 19-pin test bundles from the Thermal-Hydraulic Out-of-Reactor Safety (THORS) Facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. One of these bundles has a small central flow blockage (bundle 3A), while the other has a large edge blockage (bundle 5A). Values that give best agreement with experiment for the empirical thermal mixing correlation factor, FMIX, in SABRE are suggested. These values of FMIX are Reynolds-number dependent, however, indicating that the coded turbulent mixing correlation is not appropriate for wire-wrap pin bundles.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-26
- OSTI ID:
- 5916051
- Report Number(s):
- ORNL/TM-6862
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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