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Article Dans Une Revue Annals of Nuclear Energy Année : 2024

CFD Analysis of Coolant Mixing in VVER-1000/V320 Reactor Pressure Vessel

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This study presents a code-to-code and model-to-model comparison of coolant mixing in the VVER-1000/V320 Kozloduy Unit 6 nuclear power plant using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). Four different CFD codes were used to simulate coolant mixing in the reactor vessel, namely ANSYS Fluent, ANSYS CFX, TrioCFD, and STAR-CCM+. Two different approaches were used to model the upper plenum, while a single simplified model was used for the reactor pressure vessel. The simulations were performed for VVER-1000 coolant transient benchmark (V1000CT-2) mixing exercise. The results were compared between the different CFD codes and models to assess the accuracy and consistency of the simulations with the available experimental data. Overall, the results showed good agreement between the different CFD codes and models, with minor differences observed in some cases. The simplified models were found to be sufficient for predicting the overall coolant mixing patterns observed in the reactor vessel, provided additional insights into the local flow structures and mixing characteristics. This study demonstrates the applicability and reliability of CFD simulations for coolant mixing analysis in VVER-1000/V320 nuclear power plants.

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cea-04469230 , version 1 (20-02-2024)

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Michael Böttcher, Olivier Bernard, Alexandre Mas, Victor Sanchez, Raksmy Nop, et al.. CFD Analysis of Coolant Mixing in VVER-1000/V320 Reactor Pressure Vessel. Annals of Nuclear Energy, 2024, 197, pp.110274. ⟨10.1016/j.anucene.2023.110274⟩. ⟨cea-04469230⟩
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