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Title: SPARC-90: A code for calculating fission product capture in suppression pools

Abstract

This report describes the technical bases and use of two updated versions of a computer code initially developed to serve as a tool for calculating aerosol particle retention in boiling water reactor (BWR) pressure suppression pools during severe accidents, SPARC-87 and SPARC-90. The most recent version is SPARC-90. The initial or prototype version (Owczarski, Postma, and Schreck 1985) was improved to include the following: rigorous treatment of local particle deposition velocities on the surface of oblate spherical bubbles, new correlations for hydrodynamic behavior of bubble swarms, models for aerosol particle growth, both mechanistic and empirical models for vent exit region scrubbing, specific models for hydrodynamics of bubble breakup at various vent types, and models for capture of vapor iodine species. A complete user's guide is provided for SPARC-90 (along with SPARC-87). A code description, code operating instructions, partial code listing, examples of the use of SPARC-90, and summaries of experimental data comparison studies also support the use of SPARC-90. 29 refs., 4 figs., 11 tabs.

Authors:
;  [1]
  1. Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Washington, DC (United States). Div. of Regulatory Applications; Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USNRC; Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
6120360
Report Number(s):
NUREG/CR-5765; PNL-7723
ON: TI92003256
DOE Contract Number:  
AC06-76RL01830
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; 21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; 99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE; AEROSOLS; CONTAINMENT; BWR TYPE REACTORS; FISSION PRODUCT RELEASE; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; S CODES; FISSION PRODUCTS; BUBBLES; COMPUTER CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER PROGRAM DOCUMENTATION; CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; IODINE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICULATES; REACTOR SAFETY; VAPORS; ACCIDENTS; COLLOIDS; COMPUTER CODES; DISPERSIONS; ELEMENTS; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENGINEERED SAFETY SYSTEMS; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; FLUID MECHANICS; FLUIDS; GASES; HALOGENS; ISOTOPES; MATERIALS; MECHANICS; NONMETALS; PARTICLES; POWER REACTORS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; REACTORS; SAFETY; SOLS; THERMAL REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS; 220900* - Nuclear Reactor Technology- Reactor Safety; 220502 - Nuclear Reactor Technology- Environmental Aspects- Radioactive Effluents; 210100 - Power Reactors, Nonbreeding, Light-Water Moderated, Boiling Water Cooled; 990200 - Mathematics & Computers

Citation Formats

Owczarski, P C, and Burk, K W. SPARC-90: A code for calculating fission product capture in suppression pools. United States: N. p., 1991. Web. doi:10.2172/6120360.
Owczarski, P C, & Burk, K W. SPARC-90: A code for calculating fission product capture in suppression pools. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/6120360
Owczarski, P C, and Burk, K W. 1991. "SPARC-90: A code for calculating fission product capture in suppression pools". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/6120360. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6120360.
@article{osti_6120360,
title = {SPARC-90: A code for calculating fission product capture in suppression pools},
author = {Owczarski, P C and Burk, K W},
abstractNote = {This report describes the technical bases and use of two updated versions of a computer code initially developed to serve as a tool for calculating aerosol particle retention in boiling water reactor (BWR) pressure suppression pools during severe accidents, SPARC-87 and SPARC-90. The most recent version is SPARC-90. The initial or prototype version (Owczarski, Postma, and Schreck 1985) was improved to include the following: rigorous treatment of local particle deposition velocities on the surface of oblate spherical bubbles, new correlations for hydrodynamic behavior of bubble swarms, models for aerosol particle growth, both mechanistic and empirical models for vent exit region scrubbing, specific models for hydrodynamics of bubble breakup at various vent types, and models for capture of vapor iodine species. A complete user's guide is provided for SPARC-90 (along with SPARC-87). A code description, code operating instructions, partial code listing, examples of the use of SPARC-90, and summaries of experimental data comparison studies also support the use of SPARC-90. 29 refs., 4 figs., 11 tabs.},
doi = {10.2172/6120360},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6120360}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1991},
month = {Tue Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1991}
}