The NEPTUNE project constitutes the thermal-hydraulics part of a long-term joint development program for the next generation of nuclear reactor simulation tools. This project is being carried through by EDF (Electricite´ de France) and CEA (Commissariat a` l’Energie Atomique), with the co-sponsorship of IRSN (Institut de Radioprotection et de Suˆrete´ Nucle´aire) and AREVA NP. NEPTUNE is a multi-phase flow software platform that includes advanced physical models and numerical methods for each simulation scale (CFD, component, system). NEPTUNE also provides new multi-scale and multi-disciplinary coupling functionalities. This new generation of two-phase flow simulation tools aims at meeting major industrial needs. DNB (Departure from Nucleate Boiling) prediction in PWRs is one of the high priority needs, and this paper focuses on its anticipated improvement by means of a so-called “Local Predictive Approach” using the NEPTUNE CFD code. We firstly present the ambitious “Local Predictive Approach” anticipated for a better prediction of DNB, i.e. an approach that intends to result in CHF correlations based on relevant local parameters as provided by the CFD modeling. The associated requirements for the two-phase flow modeling are underlined as well as those for the good level of performance of the NEPTUNE CFD code; hence, the code validation strategy based on different experimental data base types (including separated effect and integral-type tests data) is depicted. Secondly, we present comparisons between low pressure adiabatic bubbly flow experimental data obtained on the DEDALE experiment and the associated numerical simulation results. This study anew shows the high potential of NEPTUNE CFD code, even if, with respect to the aforementioned DNB-related aim, there is still a need for some modeling improvements involving new validation data obtained in thermal-hydraulics conditions representative of PWR ones. Finally, we deal with one of these new experimental data needs and present a scaling method for the design of the associated experimentation devoted to the analysis of the dynamics-related modeling of a bubbly flow in PWR representative conditions.
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14th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering
July 17–20, 2006
Miami, Florida, USA
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Strategy for the Development of a DNB Local Predictive Approach Based on Neptune CFD Software
Pierre-Antoine Haynes,
Pierre-Antoine Haynes
Electricite´ De France, Chatou Cedex, France
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Pierre Pe´turaud,
Pierre Pe´turaud
Electricite´ De France, Chatou Cedex, France
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Michae¨l Montout,
Michae¨l Montout
Electricite´ De France, Chatou Cedex, France
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Eric Hervieu
Eric Hervieu
CEA–Commissariat a` l’Energie Atomique, Grenoble Cedex, France
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Pierre-Antoine Haynes
Electricite´ De France, Chatou Cedex, France
Pierre Pe´turaud
Electricite´ De France, Chatou Cedex, France
Michae¨l Montout
Electricite´ De France, Chatou Cedex, France
Eric Hervieu
CEA–Commissariat a` l’Energie Atomique, Grenoble Cedex, France
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ICONE14-89678, pp. 373-381; 9 pages
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September 17, 2008
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Haynes, P, Pe´turaud, P, Montout, M, & Hervieu, E. "Strategy for the Development of a DNB Local Predictive Approach Based on Neptune CFD Software." Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering. Volume 4: Computational Fluid Dynamics, Neutronics Methods and Coupled Codes; Student Paper Competition. Miami, Florida, USA. July 17–20, 2006. pp. 373-381. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/ICONE14-89678
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