Acceptance criterion for hydrogen management in nuclear reactor containment

In the present work, an open-source CFD based methodology has been presented to predict the pressure rise caused due to deflagration for dry hydrogen air mixtures. A systematic parametric study has been carried out to evaluate the impact of initial conditions such as hydrogen mol fraction and initial temperature in the containment. Based on the results obtained, a new acceptance criterion for the limiting hydrogen mol fraction has been proposed. Such a criterion can be used in conjunction with various hydrogen management schemes to limit the hydrogen concentration to within the specified limit during accident scenarios. (author)