CONTEMPT4/MOD6: a multicompartment containment system analysis program
CONTEMPT4/MOD6 is a digital computer program that describes the response of multicompartment containment system subjected to postulated loss-of-coolant accident (LOCA) conditions. The program is written in FORTRAN IV and can accomodate both pressurized water reactor (PWR) and boiling water reactor (BWR) containment systems. Also, both design basis accident (DBA) and degraded core type LOCA conditions can be analyzed. The program calculates the time variation of compartment pressures, temperatures and mass and energy inventories due to intercompartment mass and energy exchange taking into account user supplied descriptions of compartments, intercompartment junction flow areas, LOCA source terms and user selected problem features. Analytical models available to describe containment systems include models for containment fans and pumps, cooling sprays, heat conducting structures, sump drains, PWR ice condensers and BWR pressure suppression systems. To accommodate degraded core type accidents, analytical models for hydrogen and carbon monoxide combustion within compartments and energy transfer due to gas radiation are also provided. Dynamic storage allocation (DSA) is used to limit the amount of computer core used for each problem. The flexibility needed to more realistically model the complexity of prototypical containments is provided by the multicompartment capability (up to 999 individual compartments) and generalized user oriented input data descriptions. The program employs an implicit algorithm to compute junction flow when numerically induced flow oscillations are encountered. This capability provides significant reduction of computer run time relative to previous codes in the CONTEMPT series. Descriptions of these analytical models are presented, together with input instructions for the CONTEMPT4/MOD6 program and sample problem results. 23 refs., 62 figs.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH00016
- OSTI ID:
- 5987079
- Report Number(s):
- NUREG/CR-4547; BNL-NUREG-51966; ON: TI86007953
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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BWR TYPE REACTORS
COMPUTER CALCULATIONS
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
CONTAINMENT
CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS
ENERGY TRANSFER
ENGINEERED SAFETY SYSTEMS
FLUID FLOW
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HYDRAULICS
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REACTOR ACCIDENTS
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SIMULATION
SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS
WATER COOLED REACTORS
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