Comparison of experimental and simulation results on interior subchannels of a 61-pin wire-wrapped hexagonal fuel bundle
Abstract
As part of a joint U.S. Department of Energy project, Framatome, Argonne National Laboratory, Terrapower, and Texas A&M University have collaborated to produce experimental data and computational results to characterize the flow behavior of a 61-pin wire-wrapped hexagonal fuel bundle. Here, comparisons are made between Texas A&M’s experimental particle image velocimetry velocity field measurements and Argonne National Laboratory’s large-eddy simulation results in an interior subchannel for a Reynolds number of 19,000. It can be concluded that the shape and magnitude of the mean vertical velocity component is in excellent agreement for the selected horizontal line plots. Maximum relative errors are less than 10% until the subchannel walls are approached. Finally, the shape and, to a lesser extent, magnitude of the mean horizontal velocity component is in satisfactory agreement between the particle image velocimetry and large-eddy simulation results.
- Authors:
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- Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1488543
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1701804
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357; NE0008321; NE0008652
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nuclear Engineering and Design
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 338; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0029-5493
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 42 ENGINEERING; 22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; Comparison of experimental and simulation results; Flow characterization; Hexagonal fuel bundle; Sodium cooled fast reactor; Thermal hydraulics
Citation Formats
Goth, N., Jones, P., Nguyen, D. T., Vaghetto, R., Hassan, Y. A., Obabko, A., Merzari, E., and Fischer, P. F. Comparison of experimental and simulation results on interior subchannels of a 61-pin wire-wrapped hexagonal fuel bundle. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.nucengdes.2018.08.002.
Goth, N., Jones, P., Nguyen, D. T., Vaghetto, R., Hassan, Y. A., Obabko, A., Merzari, E., & Fischer, P. F. Comparison of experimental and simulation results on interior subchannels of a 61-pin wire-wrapped hexagonal fuel bundle. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2018.08.002
Goth, N., Jones, P., Nguyen, D. T., Vaghetto, R., Hassan, Y. A., Obabko, A., Merzari, E., and Fischer, P. F. Wed .
"Comparison of experimental and simulation results on interior subchannels of a 61-pin wire-wrapped hexagonal fuel bundle". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2018.08.002. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1488543.
@article{osti_1488543,
title = {Comparison of experimental and simulation results on interior subchannels of a 61-pin wire-wrapped hexagonal fuel bundle},
author = {Goth, N. and Jones, P. and Nguyen, D. T. and Vaghetto, R. and Hassan, Y. A. and Obabko, A. and Merzari, E. and Fischer, P. F.},
abstractNote = {As part of a joint U.S. Department of Energy project, Framatome, Argonne National Laboratory, Terrapower, and Texas A&M University have collaborated to produce experimental data and computational results to characterize the flow behavior of a 61-pin wire-wrapped hexagonal fuel bundle. Here, comparisons are made between Texas A&M’s experimental particle image velocimetry velocity field measurements and Argonne National Laboratory’s large-eddy simulation results in an interior subchannel for a Reynolds number of 19,000. It can be concluded that the shape and magnitude of the mean vertical velocity component is in excellent agreement for the selected horizontal line plots. Maximum relative errors are less than 10% until the subchannel walls are approached. Finally, the shape and, to a lesser extent, magnitude of the mean horizontal velocity component is in satisfactory agreement between the particle image velocimetry and large-eddy simulation results.},
doi = {10.1016/j.nucengdes.2018.08.002},
journal = {Nuclear Engineering and Design},
number = C,
volume = 338,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Aug 22 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Wed Aug 22 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}
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