Interface-Resolved Simulations of Reactor Flows

Fang, Jun; Cambareri, Joseph J.; Li, Mengnan; Saini, Nadish; Bolotnov, Igor A.

doi:10.1080/00295450.2019.1620056

Title: Interface-Resolved Simulations of Reactor Flows

Journal Article · 20 June 2019 · Nuclear Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2019.1620056 · OSTI ID:1606000

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Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States)

The presented review paper outlines the recent progress of the high-resolution single- and two-phase flow simulations of reactor-relevant flows. Rapid development of high-performance computing capabilities is creating exciting opportunities to study complex reactor thermal hydraulic phenomena. Today’s advances in thermal hydraulic analysis, machine learning techniques and interface resolved simulations will help pave the way to the next level of understanding of two-phase flow behavior in complex geometries. This paper consists of two major parts: (i) history and review of interface tracking simulations for nuclear thermal hydraulics in recent years and (ii) several opportunities to apply those advanced tools in the future. First part will discuss typical computational methods used for those simulations, provide some examples of the past work, as well as computational cost estimates and affordability of such simulations for research and industrial applications. In the second part some specific examples are discussed which could be analyzed using exascale supercomputers being designed and projected to be online in the early 2020s. New generation methodologies are required in order to take full advantage of those capabilities to greatly enhance the scientific understanding of complex two-phase flow phenomena in nuclear reactors under normal operation and postulated accident conditions.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1606000

Journal Information:: Nuclear Technology, Vol. 206, Issue 2; ISSN 0029-5450

Publisher:: Taylor & Francis - formerly American Nuclear Society (ANS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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