The AP1000 containment model has been developed by using WGOTHIC version 4.2 code. Condensation heat and mass transfer from the volumes to the containment shell, conduction through the shell, and evaporation from the shell to the riser were all calculated by using the special CLIMEs model. In this paper, the latest GOTHIC version 8.0 code is used to model both condensation and evaporation heat and mass transfer process. An improved heat and mass transfer model, the diffusion layer model (DLM), is adopted to model the condensation on the inside wall of containment. The Film heat transfer coefficient option is used to model the evaporation on the outside wall of containment. As a preliminary code consolidation effort, it is possible to use GOTHIC 8.0 code as a tool to analysis the AP1000 containment response.

Volume Subject Area:
Computational Fluid Dynamics and Coupled Codes
Topics:
Containment, Condensation, Evaporation, Heat, Mass transfer, Shells, Diffusion (Physics), Exterior walls, Heat conduction, Heat transfer coefficients, Pipeline risers, Risers (Casting)
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