Thermal hydraulic simulations, error estimation and parameter sensitivity studies in Drekar::CFD

Technical Report · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2014

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1204072· OSTI ID:1204072

Smith, Thomas Michael ^[1]; Shadid, John N. ^[1]; Pawlowski, Roger P. ^[1]; Cyr, Eric C. ^[1]; Wildey, Timothy Michael ^[1]

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1. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

This report describes work directed towards completion of the Thermal Hydraulics Methods (THM) CFD Level 3 Milestone THM.CFD.P7.05 for the Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors (CASL) Nuclear Hub effort. The focus of this milestone was to demonstrate the thermal hydraulics and adjoint based error estimation and parameter sensitivity capabilities in the CFD code called Drekar::CFD. This milestone builds upon the capabilities demonstrated in three earlier milestones; THM.CFD.P4.02 [12], completed March, 31, 2012, THM.CFD.P5.01 [15] completed June 30, 2012 and THM.CFD.P5.01 [11] completed on October 31, 2012.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000
• OSTI ID: 1204072
• Report Number(s): SAND2014-0367; 498569
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English