Development of multi components and multi phase numerical method with chemical reaction. Examination of multi phase numerical method

In the steam generator using liquid sodium, Water intensely reacts with sodium when it leaked out from a heat tube. It is important to evaluate an influence of the sodium-water reaction to, such as, heat tubes surrounding a leakage and the generator. In the past, evaluations of this phenomenon have been carried out by experiments. However it is difficult to extrapolate an effect by configuration of a heat tube or change of operating condition, etc. and experiments using sodium need incredible cost. Then quantification by a numerical method is desirable. To develop a multi component and multi phase numerical method with chemical reaction, fundamental models of a multi phase numerical method are selected with organizing previous works in this paper, as follows. Fluid model : multi fluid model, Pressure model : one pressure model, Solving method : HSMAC (Highly Simplified Maker And Cell) method. Two-dimensional two-phase flow analysis technique is developed to evaluate a validity of these models. And verification analyses are carried out shown in the following. Two-dimensional square cavity flow. Two-dimensional natural convection in a square cavity. Air blow down from a pressure vessel. Dam break-down problem. Edwards pipe blow down problem. In each verification analysis, good agreements are obtained and the validity of the models to a multi phase numerical method is confirmed. (author)