Published 2011 | Version v1
Miscellaneous

Numerical assessment of PANDA experiments covering steam/air/helium mixtures

  • 1. Electricite de France, R&D Div., Chatou Cedex (France)

Description

The accurate modeling of gas distribution (air, steam and Hydrogen) in a PWR containment, which are released after the beginning of a severe accident leading to the melting of the core, concerns phenomena such as wall condensation, hydrogen accumulation, gas stratification and transport in the different compartments of the containment. The paper presents numerical assessments of the test 25 of the PANDA experiment, using a homogeneous approach with the in-house CFD solver CodeSaturne. The paper is focused on the analysis and understanding of gas stratification and complex transport phenomena involved in such configurations. (author)

Part of:
The 14th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermalhydraulics (NURETH-14)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Canadian Nuclear Society
Imprint Place
Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
ISBN
978-1-926773-05-6
Imprint Title
The 14th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermalhydraulics (NURETH-14)
Imprint Pagination
766 Megabytes
Journal Page Range
[12 p.]

Conference

Title
14. International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermalhydraulics
Acronym
NURETH-14
Dates
25-30 Sep 2011
Place
Toronto, Ontario (Canada)

INIS

Country of Publication
Canada
Country of Input or Organization
Canada
INIS RN
47071444
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
AIR; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTION; FLUID MECHANICS; HYDROGEN; PWR TYPE REACTORS; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; STEAM
Descriptors DEC
ACCIDENTS; CONTAINMENT; ELEMENTS; ENGINEERED SAFETY SYSTEMS; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; FLUIDS; GASES; MECHANICS; NONMETALS; POWER REACTORS; REACTORS; SIMULATION; THERMAL REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS

Optional Information

Notes
Paper NURETH14-094, 16 refs., 6 figs.