4. System thermal hydraulics for liquid metals

Nicola Forgione, Diego Castelliti, Antoine Gerschenfeld, Massimiliano Polidori, Alessandro Del Nevo, Rui Hu

Research outputpeer-review

Abstract

The system thermal hydraulics chapter deals with the specific modeling challenges arising from using a liquid metal in a system thermal-hydraulic simulation code. Challenges related to heat transfer, hydrodynamic models, and thermodynamic properties are explained. Subsequently, the RELAP5/Mod3.3 modified code is shortly introduced, and its application to design and analysis of a liquid-metal experimental facility is shown as an example. Finally, other similar codes suited for liquid-metal-cooled reactor system modeling are introduced, that is, CATHARE, ATHLET, SPECTRA, and SAS4A/SASSYS-1.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThermal Hydraulics Aspects of Liquid Metal Cooled Nuclear Reactors
PublisherWP - Woodhead Publishing
Pages157-184
Number of pages28
ISBN (Print)978-0-08-101980-1
DOIs
StatePublished - 5 Dec 2018

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