@inproceedings{2474d56fc23a46b3b1c9b73581e31525,
title = "NPHASE predictions of turbulent flow in the lower plenum of a prismatic gas-cooled reactor",
abstract = "This paper is concerned with the implementation of a computational model of turbulent flow in a section of the lower plenum of Very High Temperature Reactor (VHTR). The proposed model has been encoded in a state-of-the-art CFD code, NPHASE. The results of NPHASE predictions have been compared against the experimental data collected using a scaled model of a sub-region in the lower plenum of a modular prismatic gas-cooled reactor, GT-MHR. It has been shown that the NPHASE-based model is capable of predicting a three-dimensional velocity field in a complex geometrical configuration of VHTR lower plenum. This, in turn, demonstrates the potential of detailed CFD simulations as a tool for the design and safety analysis of new reactor concepts.",
keywords = "Gas-cooled reactor, Multidimensional simulations of fluid flow, NPHASE code",
author = "T. Gallaway and Antal, \{S. P.\} and Podowski, \{M. Z.\} and Guillen, \{D. P.\}",
year = "2007",
language = "English",
isbn = "0894480588",
series = "Proceedings - 12th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics, NURETH-12",
booktitle = "Proceedings - 12th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics, NURETH-12",
note = "12th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics, NURETH-12 ; Conference date: 30-09-2007 Through 04-10-2007",
}