The International Standard Problem, ISP 43, was defined by the OECD/NEA and the US NRC for the validation of three-dimensional Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software. The underlying experiment was performed in the 2×4 Loop Facility of the University of Maryland, College Park, U.S.A (UMCP). The test facility is a scaled-down model of the Three Mile Island TMI-2 reactor with detailed reconstruction of the reactor pressure vessel (RPV). The ISP 43 experiments focussed on rapid boron dilution transients in the RPV cold leg and downcomer. The simulations of the ISP 43 were performed with the CFX-TASCflow software. Numerical errors were monitored by comparing results obtained with different higher order discretisation schemes. Uncertainties related to physical modelling, like buoyancy effects and reactor core models, were also investigated. The simulation results show good agreement with data and prove that CFD methods can be usefully applied to this class of nuclear reactor problems.
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ASME 2002 Joint U.S.-European Fluids Engineering Division Conference
July 14–18, 2002
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Fluids Engineering Division
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Simulation of OECD/NEA International Standard Problem No. 43 on Boron Mixing Transients in a Pressurized Water Reactor
Martina Scheuerer
Martina Scheuerer
Gessellschaft fu¨r Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit, Garching, Germany
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Martina Scheuerer
Gessellschaft fu¨r Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit, Garching, Germany
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FEDSM2002-31407, pp. 991-996; 6 pages
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February 24, 2009
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Scheuerer, M. "Simulation of OECD/NEA International Standard Problem No. 43 on Boron Mixing Transients in a Pressurized Water Reactor." Proceedings of the ASME 2002 Joint U.S.-European Fluids Engineering Division Conference. Volume 1: Fora, Parts A and B. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. July 14–18, 2002. pp. 991-996. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/FEDSM2002-31407
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