Validation & Verification: Fluent/RELAP5-3D Coupled Code Documents... · “Local Heat Transfer...
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Richard SchultzWilliam Wieselquist
2001 RELAP5 User’s SeminarSun Valley, IDSeptember 2001
Validation & Verification:Fluent/RELAP5-3D©
Coupled Code
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The Fluent RELAP5-3D Coupling..
• What we’re doing
• Why we’re doing it
• How we’ll make sure it is OK
• Our future plans
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Overall Perspective…• DOE’s Generation IV Roadmap effort is a part of national strategy
to gain public acceptance of nuclear power, and to encouragevendors and utilities to consider nuclear power as an optionagain.
• The roadmap program has received nearly a hundred reactorplant designs to evaluate including water-cooled, gas-cooled,liquid-metal cooled and other concepts.
• With the process underway to winnow the concept number downto 6 or so, a parallel effort is underway to evaluate ourinfrastructure:
o Analytical toolso Regulatory & licensing practices…etc.
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Analytical Tools for Advanced Systems
• Further development is needed—particularlyfor working fluids other than water.
• Recent developments—particularly in theCFD world—need to be considered and usedif advantageous.
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Fluent & RELAP5-3D Are BeingCoupled to…
• Enable an entire system tobe modeled using 1-Dfeatures of RELAP5
• While modeling somesections of systems in greatdetail using Fluent
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Development Underway UsingGas-Cooled Reactors as Basis
• PBMR is focus
• Working fluid: helium
• Work to couple codes is ongoingby Walt Weaver. He will use PVM& same techniques described inpapers by himself & Aumiller, et al.
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Once Coupling Is Completed…• Validation & Verfication* will be used to:
– Check that Fluent and RELAP5/ATHENA have been coupledproperly
– Examine the strengths and weaknesses of the coupled code• Important features that will be examined:
– Behavior at interfaces between Fluent and RELAP5/ATHENA– Using neutronics with Fluent– Modeling flow through packed beds____________________“Verification” is solving the equations right while “validation” is
solving the right equations.
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A Portion of V&V Matrix
Calis, H. P., et al,2001.
CoreFluent’s capability of calculating flowthrough portion of packed bed.
AirFlow through packed-bed
Stewart, W. T., etal, 1992.
Potential pipebreak andcountercurrentflow at break whennot choked
1. Mesh coupling between Fluent &RELAP52. Flow behavior calculated byFluent
Water &SF6
Countercurrent two-phaseflow
Bovalini, R., et al,2001 (used bypermission of Y.Hassan)
Core; althoughthis data set is forgeometry unlikePBMR,
RELAP5/ATHENA neutronicscoupling with Fluent mesh
WaterNeutronics-fluid Ineraction incore region(LWR)
Baughn, J. W., etal, 1984
PBMR inlet pipeand inlet plenum
1. Mesh coupling between Fluent &RELAP5
2. Flow profiile calculated by Fluent
AirTurbulent flow in backwardfacing step with heat transfer
Streeter, V., 1961PBMR inlet pipeMesh coupling between Fluent &RELAP5
HeliumTurbulent flow in pipesection
ReferencePBMR Regionof Interest
Phenomena of Interest orObjective
WorkingFluid
Experiment or Case
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Data (V&V Cases) Not Always Ideal• German data (AVR & THTR at Uentrop-Schmehausen)
not available to public• Currently:
– No neutronics-fluid interaction data for PBMRcore—but Fluent can’t model a packed-bed verywell yet anyway.
– Haven’t found countercurrent flow data moreapplicable (for CFD code) than Stewart, et al, 1992
• Working fluid and scaling usually not desirable.
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References• Streeter, V. L., Fluids Handbook, McGraw-Hill, 1961.• Baughn, J., M. A. Hoffman, R. K. Takahashi, and B. E. Launder, 1984,
“Local Heat Transfer Downstream of an Abrupt Expansion in a CircularChannel with Constant Wall Heat Flux,” Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol.106: 789-796, November 1984.
• Bovalini, R., F. D’Auria, G. M. Galassi, A. Spadoni, & Y. Hassan, 2001,“TMI-1 MSLB Coupled 3-D Neutronics/Thermalhydraulics Analysis:Application of RELAP5-3D and Comparison with Different Codes,” 2001RELAP5 User’s Seminar, Sun Valley, ID., September.
• Stewart, W. A., A. T. Pieczynski, & V. Srinivas, 1992, Natural CirculationExperiments for PWR High Pressure Accidents, EPRI Project No.RP2177-5.
• Calis, H. P. A., J. Nijenhuis, B. C. Paikert, F. M. Dautzenberg, & C. M. vanden Bleek, “CFD Modeling and Experimental Validation of Pressure Dropand Flow Profile in a Novel Structured Catalytic Reactor Packing,”Chemical Engineering Science, (56), 1713-1720,
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Turbulent Flow in Straight Pipe• Purpose: Study mesh coupling between Fluent and
RELAP5/ATHENA. Determine factors which maydetrimentally influence flow
• Assume well-developed flow (left to right); study meshcouplings and influence on velocity profile atFluent/RELAP5 interface.
Fluent FluentRELAP5
Flow direction
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Backward-Facing Step: ExpandingFlow with Heat Transfer• Purpose: Study coupling between
Fluent—RELAP5/ATHENA and validate Fluent’scapability to model flow distribution downstream ofstep.
• Region of applicability: entrance flow into PBMR core.
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Backward-Facing Step (Cont-2)
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Backward-Facing Step (Cont-3)
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Ratio of local Nu to Nu for fully-developed flow as function of length for various turbulence models in Fluent—compared to Baughn data
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Backward-Facing Step (Cont-4)
Typical velocityprofiles calculatedby Fluent.
Study not yetcompleted
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Neutronics (RELAP5)-Fluent Coupling• Perhaps best approach
is to use OECD, CSNI-NSC PWR MSLBbenchmark.
• Approach not defined.Perhaps model onlyportion of core usingFluent.
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moderator temperature at 2nd power peak t=161.9s 03 Apr 2001 moderator temperature at 2nd power peak t=161.9s 03 Apr 2001
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Countercurrent Steam-Water Flow ModeledUsing Subcooled Water & SF6• Purpose: Examine capability of Fluent to model
countercurrent flow of two different fluids• Test performed by Westinghouse to study movement
of superheated steam into SG and return of saturatedwater to core
• SF6 (sulfur-hexafluoride) used to model superheatedsteam at high pressure.
• Virtue of these data are the nice temperaturedistribution measurements in leg, SG plenum, andcore
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Interim Plans: Use These DataUnless Better (More Applicable)Data Can Be Found
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Fluent Calculation of FlowThrough Pebble Bed• Calculation was
performed using CFX5• Ageement with data
within 10%.• Both laminar flow and
turbulent flow weremodeled.
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V&V Packed Bed Data-CFX5Comparison: Within 10%
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Summary• The Fluent-RELAP5 coupling is underway.• A preliminary V&V matrix has been constructed.• A search is underway for better data—but data are not
readily available