Interface-Resolved Simulations of Reactor Flows
Abstract
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.
- Authors:
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- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1606000
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nuclear Technology
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 206; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 0029-5450
- Publisher:
- Taylor & Francis - formerly American Nuclear Society (ANS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; Two-phase flow; direct numerical simulation; interface tracking; subchannel geometry
Citation Formats
Fang, Jun, Cambareri, Joseph J., Li, Mengnan, Saini, Nadish, and Bolotnov, Igor A. Interface-Resolved Simulations of Reactor Flows. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1080/00295450.2019.1620056.
Fang, Jun, Cambareri, Joseph J., Li, Mengnan, Saini, Nadish, & Bolotnov, Igor A. Interface-Resolved Simulations of Reactor Flows. United States. https://doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2019.1620056
Fang, Jun, Cambareri, Joseph J., Li, Mengnan, Saini, Nadish, and Bolotnov, Igor A. Thu .
"Interface-Resolved Simulations of Reactor Flows". United States. https://doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2019.1620056. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1606000.
@article{osti_1606000,
title = {Interface-Resolved Simulations of Reactor Flows},
author = {Fang, Jun and Cambareri, Joseph J. and Li, Mengnan and Saini, Nadish and Bolotnov, Igor A.},
abstractNote = {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.},
doi = {10.1080/00295450.2019.1620056},
journal = {Nuclear Technology},
number = 2,
volume = 206,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jun 20 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Thu Jun 20 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}
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