CATHARE Multi-1D Modeling of Coolant Mixing in VVER-1000 for RIA Analysis英文文献资料.docVIP

HindawiPublishingCorporation ScienceandTechnologyofNuclearInstallations Volume2010,ArticleID457094,11pages doi:10.1155/2010/457094 ResearchArticle CATHAREMulti-1DModelingofCoolantMixinginVVER-1000 forRIAAnalysis I.Spasov, J.Donov, N.P.Kolev, andL.Sabotinov 1 1 1 2 1 2 InstituteforNuclearResearchandNuclearEnergy,TsarigradskoChaussee72,1784So?a,Bulgaria InstitutedeRadioprotectionetSureteNucleaire,92262Fontenay-aux-Roses,France CorrespondenceshouldbeaddressedtoN.P.Kolev,npkolev@abv.bg Received25April2009;Accepted25October2009 AcademicEditor:AlessandroPetruzzi Copyright?2010I.Spasovetal. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, whichpermitsunrestricteduse,distribution,andreproductioninanymedium,providedtheoriginalworkisproperlycited. The paper presents validation results for multichannel vessel thermal-hydraulic models in CATHARE used in coupled 3D neutronic/thermalhydraulic calculations. The mixing ismodeled with cross?owsgoverned by local pressuredrops. The test casesarefromtheOECDVVER-1000coolanttransientbenchmark(V1000CT)andincludeasymmetricvessel?owtransientsand mainsteamlinebreak(MSLB)transients.Plantdatafrom?owmixingexperimentsareavailableforcomparison.Su?cientmesh re?nementwithupto24sectorsinthevesselisconsideredforacceptableresolution.Theresultsdemonstratetheapplicability ofsuchvalidatedthermal-hydraulicmodelstoMSLBscenariosinvolvingthermalmixing,azimuthal?owrotation,andprimary pumptrip.Anacceptabletrade-o?betweenaccuracyandcomputationale?ciencycanbeobtained. 1.Introduction 2.TheVVER-1000Reactor This work is motivated by the need for improved single- phase vessel mixing models in system codes that are able to properly represent local e?ects in reactivity insertion accidents.ThestudyhasbeenperformedinPhase2ofthe OECD VVER-1000 coolant transient benchmarks labelled V1000CT-2 [1,2].Thesebenchmarks provideaconsistent approach to the testing of coupled neutronic/thermal- hy