A New Data-Driven ATHLET – ANSYS CFD Coupling Method for Efficient Simulation of Nuclear Power Plant Circuits
Year: 2014
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: A new data-driven coupling method between the system code ATHLET and ANSYS CFX was developed. The new approach allows for coupled simulations of single and two-phase flow with heat transfer and transport of tracer concentration. Any number of coupling interfaces can be defined with the aid of a graphical user interface. Two coupling schemes have been implemented: an explicit scheme where the coupling variables are exchanged at the end of each CFD time step and a semi-implicit scheme in which the variable exchange is performed for each iteration within each time step. The coupling method was validated with measured data from a single-phase double T-junction mixing experiment. The results of the coupled simulation for the double T-junction case, where 3-D effects are very important, were found in excellent agreement with the experimental data. The semi-implicit scheme was found numerically more accurate and stable than the explicit scheme.
Authors: Georgios Theodoridis, Angel Papukchiev, Dominik Scholz, Georg Lerchl
Language: English
Subfield: Nuclear Energy and Engineering
Field: Energy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2006034554