@inproceedings{b35a25f334ca422a91afaa120cccb79a,
title = "BWR spacer grid modeling using serpent 2 / star-CCM+ coupling",
abstract = "Spacer grids are located in assemblies to add structural support and additional coolant mixing. To accurately model a spacer grid, a coupling is created between the Monte Carlo neutronics code SERPENT and the CFD code STAR-CCM+{\textregistered}. The coupled code is used to simulate a single axial section of a BWR mini assembly with a spacer grid. The mini assembly is analyzed at two different inlet conditions, nominal BWR inlet conditions, and 15\% void. The coupled calculation gave detailed results for both of these cases. The effect of various spacer grid modeling assumptions was also analyzed. Homogenizing the spacer grid into the coolant at the location of the spacer grid is found to give similar results as modeling the spacer grid explicitly.",
keywords = "BWR, SERPENT, STAR-CCM+, Spacer Grid",
author = "Alexander Bennett and George Bache and Nicolas Martin and Jaron Senecal",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 American Nuclear Society. All rights reserved.; 2019 International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering, M and C 2019 ; Conference date: 25-08-2019 Through 29-08-2019",
year = "2019",
language = "English",
series = "International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering, M and C 2019",
publisher = "American Nuclear Society",
pages = "1761--1769",
booktitle = "International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering, M and C 2019",
}