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Extension of GeN-Foam to departure from nucleate boiling prediction and validation against the OECD/NRC PSBT benchmark

Niu, Yuhang
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Alessandro, Scolaro  
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Fiorina, Carlo
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November 14, 2023
Nuclear Engineering And Design

The prediction of departure from nucleate boiling (DNB) has always been a crucial aspect of thermal-hydraulic codes for the analysis of Light Water Reactors. In this paper, GeN-Foam, a multi-physics code developed based on OpenFOAM, has been enhanced to incorporate DNB prediction using a CHF look-up table as well as post-CHF flow and heat transfer models. To assess GeN-Foam's accuracy in modeling DNB conditions in typical pressurized water reactors (PWRs), a preliminary validation was conducted utilizing Phase II of the PSBT benchmark, including the steady-state fluid temperature (Test Series 1), steady-state DNB (Test Series 4), and transient DNB (Test Series 11T) benchmarks. This paper presents the closure correlations implemented in GeN-Foam, provides a description of the PSBT benchmarks, and includes a comparison between GeN-Foam's predictions and experimental data, as well as code-to-code verification with other participants. The results demonstrate that GeN-Foam exhibits good performance in simulating two-phase flow boiling conditions. Furthermore, GeN-Foam accurately predicts the DNB power and time of occurrence within a +/- 10 % error range compared to measured values, preliminarily indicating its effectiveness in predicting DNB occurrence and two-phase flow boiling phenomena.

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DOI
10.1016/j.nucengdes.2023.112748
Web of Science ID

WOS:001113110300001

Author(s)
Niu, Yuhang
Alessandro, Scolaro  
Fiorina, Carlo
Qin, Hao
Lazare, Gauthier
Wu, Yingwei
Tian, Wenxi
Su, G. H.
Date Issued

2023-11-14

Publisher

Elsevier Science Sa

Published in
Nuclear Engineering And Design
Volume

416

Article Number

112748

Subjects

Technology

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Openfoam

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Gen-Foam

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Psbt Benchmark

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Dnb

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Water Boiling

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REVIEWED

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EPFL

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LRS  
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China Scholarship Council

202206280201

Innovative Scientific Program of CNNC

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February 20, 2024
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