Analyses of International Standard Problem ISP-47 TOSQAN experiment with containmentFOAM

The ISP-47 TOSQAN experiment was analyzed with containmentFOAM which is an open-source CFD code based on OpenFOAM. The containment phenomena taking place during the experiment are gas mixing, stratification and wall condensation in a mixture composed of steam and non-condensable gas. The k-ω SST tur...

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Main Authors: Myeong-Seon Chae, Stephan Kelm, Domenico Paladino
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-02-01
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S173857332300493X
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author Myeong-Seon Chae
Stephan Kelm
Domenico Paladino
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Domenico Paladino
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description The ISP-47 TOSQAN experiment was analyzed with containmentFOAM which is an open-source CFD code based on OpenFOAM. The containment phenomena taking place during the experiment are gas mixing, stratification and wall condensation in a mixture composed of steam and non-condensable gas. The k-ω SST turbulence model was adopted with buoyancy turbulence models. The wall condensation model used is based on the diffusion layer approach. We have simulated the full TOSQAN experiment which had a duration 20000 s. Sensitivity studies were conducted for the buoyancy turbulence models with SGDH and GGDH and there were not significant differences. All the main features of the experiments namely pressure history, temperature, velocity and gas species evolution were well predicted by containemntFOAM. The simulation results confirmed the formation of two large flow stream circulations and a mixing zone resulting by the combined effects of the condensation flow and natural convection flow. It was found that the natural convection in lower region of the vessel devotes to maintain two large circulations and to be varied the height of the mixing zone as result of sensitivity analysis of non-condensing wall temperature. The computational results obtained with the 2D mesh grid approach were comparable to the experimental results.
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spelling doaj.art-e5551aaa989c4d2092844f1ebed023322024-01-31T05:42:50ZengElsevierNuclear Engineering and Technology1738-57332024-02-01562611623Analyses of International Standard Problem ISP-47 TOSQAN experiment with containmentFOAMMyeong-Seon Chae0Stephan Kelm1Domenico Paladino2Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI), Forschungsstrasse 111, 5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland; Corresponding author.Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, 52425, GermanyPaul Scherrer Institut (PSI), Forschungsstrasse 111, 5232, Villigen PSI, SwitzerlandThe ISP-47 TOSQAN experiment was analyzed with containmentFOAM which is an open-source CFD code based on OpenFOAM. The containment phenomena taking place during the experiment are gas mixing, stratification and wall condensation in a mixture composed of steam and non-condensable gas. The k-ω SST turbulence model was adopted with buoyancy turbulence models. The wall condensation model used is based on the diffusion layer approach. We have simulated the full TOSQAN experiment which had a duration 20000 s. Sensitivity studies were conducted for the buoyancy turbulence models with SGDH and GGDH and there were not significant differences. All the main features of the experiments namely pressure history, temperature, velocity and gas species evolution were well predicted by containemntFOAM. The simulation results confirmed the formation of two large flow stream circulations and a mixing zone resulting by the combined effects of the condensation flow and natural convection flow. It was found that the natural convection in lower region of the vessel devotes to maintain two large circulations and to be varied the height of the mixing zone as result of sensitivity analysis of non-condensing wall temperature. The computational results obtained with the 2D mesh grid approach were comparable to the experimental results.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S173857332300493XTOSQANCFDcontainmentFOAMHydrogenContainment phenomena
spellingShingle Myeong-Seon Chae
Stephan Kelm
Domenico Paladino
Analyses of International Standard Problem ISP-47 TOSQAN experiment with containmentFOAM
Nuclear Engineering and Technology
TOSQAN
CFD
containmentFOAM
Hydrogen
Containment phenomena
title Analyses of International Standard Problem ISP-47 TOSQAN experiment with containmentFOAM
title_full Analyses of International Standard Problem ISP-47 TOSQAN experiment with containmentFOAM
title_fullStr Analyses of International Standard Problem ISP-47 TOSQAN experiment with containmentFOAM
title_full_unstemmed Analyses of International Standard Problem ISP-47 TOSQAN experiment with containmentFOAM
title_short Analyses of International Standard Problem ISP-47 TOSQAN experiment with containmentFOAM
title_sort analyses of international standard problem isp 47 tosqan experiment with containmentfoam
topic TOSQAN
CFD
containmentFOAM
Hydrogen
Containment phenomena
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S173857332300493X
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