CFD simulations of the spent fuel pool in the loss of coolant accident

Lin, Y.T.; Chiu, P.H.; Chen, B.Y.; Chang, C.J.; Chan, Y.K.

dc.contributor.author	Lin, Y.T.
dc.contributor.author	Chiu, P.H.
dc.contributor.author	Chen, B.Y.
dc.contributor.author	Chang, C.J.
dc.contributor.author	Chan, Y.K.
dc.date.accessioned	2014-12-09T11:40:21Z
dc.date.available	2014-12-09T11:40:21Z
dc.date.issued	2012
dc.description.abstract	Paper presented at the 9th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, Malta, 16-18 July, 2012.	en_US
dc.description.abstract	The study utilized the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) methodology to investigate the thermal hydraulic behavior during the hypothetical event of normal operation and loss of cooling accident occurring at spent fuel pool. The boiling time, water level decreasing rate, fuel exposure time and temperature response after fuel exposure for the nuclear power plants under the accident were predicted in this study. We also analyze the flow and heat transfer for the single Atrium-10 fuel bundle. The details of the physics will be shown in this study. The results indicate that the fuel temperature in the pool will not exceed 1200°C to avoid the water-metal reaction after failure of RHR system for 4.578 days. We find that the velocity in the bundle are much faster than outside of the bundle under the LOCA accident.	en_US
dc.description.librarian	dc2014	en_US
dc.format.extent	6 pages	en_US
dc.format.medium	PDF	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Lin, YT, Chiu, PH, Chen, BY, Chang, CJ & Chan, YK 2012, CFD simulations of the spent fuel pool in the loss of coolant accident, Paper presented to the 9th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, Malta, 16-18 July, 2012.	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9781868549863
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/42876
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	HEFAT 2012	en_US
dc.rights	University of Pretoria	en_US
dc.subject	Computational fluid dynamics	en_US
dc.subject	CFD	en_US
dc.subject	Thermal hydraulic behavior	en_US
dc.subject	Hypothetical event	en_US
dc.subject	Atrium-10 fuel bundle	en_US
dc.subject	LOCA accident	en_US
dc.subject	RHR system	en_US
dc.title	CFD simulations of the spent fuel pool in the loss of coolant accident	en_US
dc.type	Presentation	en_US