PWR internal flow modeling with fuel assemblies details

Emilian Popov, Jin Yan, Zeses Karoutas, Jess Gehin, Robert Brewster, Emilio Baglietto

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Abstract

This study is an example of a massive parallel computing of the coolant flow in a nuclear reactor. It resolves the flow velocities in each assembly on pin level and predicts the flow distribution in complex geometries such as the lower and upper reactor plenums. The size of the developed model (1.035 billion cells) required the runs to be executed on the NCCS clusters (www.nccs.gov). STAR-CCM+ code (www.ed-adapco.com) was installed on two clusters: JAGUARXT5 and FROST, both of which were capable of executing this model.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInternational Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants 2012, ICAPP 2012
Pages1906-1910
Number of pages5
StatePublished - 2012
EventInternational Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants 2012, ICAPP 2012 - Chicago, IL, United States
Duration: Jun 24 2012Jun 28 2012

Publication series

NameInternational Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants 2012, ICAPP 2012
Volume3

Conference

ConferenceInternational Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants 2012, ICAPP 2012
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityChicago, IL
Period06/24/1206/28/12

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