Published 2009 | Version v1
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LIVE test FSt4. Experimental results and simulation by CONV code

  • 1. Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe (FZK), Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen (Germany)
  • 2. Nuclear Safety Inst. of Russian Academy of Sciences (IBRAE), Moscow (Russian Federation)

Description

3-D thermohydraulic CFD code CONV was applied to the simulation of FSt4 LIVE water test. Two calculations were performed: in the first one the homogeneous heating of liquid was assumed, in the second one the spiral heaters actually used in the test were modelled. The results of these two calculations were compared with each other and with the experimental data. The obtained results shows that there is no critical difference in the heat flux distribution at the vessel wall for these two cases, indicating that the LIVE facility adequately represents thermal conditions of the homogeneously heated liquid. (author)

Part of:
NURETH-13: Proceedings of the 13th international topical meeting on nuclear reactor thermal hydraulics

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Publishing Information

Imprint Title
NURETH-13: Proceedings of the 13th international topical meeting on nuclear reactor thermal hydraulics
Imprint Pagination
[4617 p.]
Journal Page Range
[13 p.]

Conference

Title
13. international topical meeting on nuclear reactor thermal hydraulics
Acronym
NURETH-13
Dates
27 Sep - 2 Oct 2009
Place
Kanazawa, Ishikawa (Japan)

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Notes
Available as CD-ROM Data in PDF format, Folder Name: FullPaper, Paper ID: N13P1076.pdf; 7 refs., 16 figs.