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Modelling of Passive Heat Removal Systems: A Review with Reference to the Framatome KERENA BWR Reactor: Part I

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  • Amirhosein Moonesi Shabestary

    (Institute of Fluid Dynamics, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), 010328 Dresden, Germany
    Chair of Imaging Techniques in Energy and Process Engineering, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany)

  • Frances Viereckl

    (Chair of Hydrogen and Nuclear Energy, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany)

  • Yu Zhang

    (Faculty of Civil and Construction Engineering, Technische Hoschschule Deggendorf, 94469 Deggendorf, Germany
    Faculty of Science, Technology and Communication, University of Luxembourg, 4365 Luxembourg, Luxembourg)

  • Rene Manthey

    (Chair of Hydrogen and Nuclear Energy, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany)

  • Dirk Lucas

    (Institute of Fluid Dynamics, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), 010328 Dresden, Germany)

  • Christoph Schuster

    (Chair of Hydrogen and Nuclear Energy, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany)

  • Stephan Leyer

    (Faculty of Civil and Construction Engineering, Technische Hoschschule Deggendorf, 94469 Deggendorf, Germany)

  • Antonio Hurtado

    (Chair of Hydrogen and Nuclear Energy, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany)

  • Uwe Hampel

    (Institute of Fluid Dynamics, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), 010328 Dresden, Germany
    Chair of Imaging Techniques in Energy and Process Engineering, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany)

Abstract

Passive safety systems are an important feature of currently designed and constructed nuclear power plants. They operate independent of external power supply and manual interventions and are solely driven by thermal gradients and gravitational force. This brings up new needs for performance and reliably assessment. This paper provides a review on fundamental approaches to model and analyze the performance of passive heat removal systems exemplified for the passive heat removal chain of the KERENA boiling water reactor concept developed by Framatome. We discuss modelling concepts for one-dimensional system codes such as ATHLET, RELAP and TRACE and furthermore for computational fluid dynamics codes. Part I deals with numerical and experimental methods for modelling of condensation inside the emergency condensers and on the containment cooling condenser while part II deals with boiling and two-phase flow instabilities.

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  • Amirhosein Moonesi Shabestary & Frances Viereckl & Yu Zhang & Rene Manthey & Dirk Lucas & Christoph Schuster & Stephan Leyer & Antonio Hurtado & Uwe Hampel, 2019. "Modelling of Passive Heat Removal Systems: A Review with Reference to the Framatome KERENA BWR Reactor: Part I," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(1), pages 1-34, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:13:y:2019:i:1:p:35-:d:299977
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    1. René Manthey & Frances Viereckl & Amirhosein Moonesi Shabestary & Yu Zhang & Wei Ding & Dirk Lucas & Christoph Schuster & Stephan Leyer & Antonio Hurtado & Uwe Hampel, 2019. "Modelling of Passive Heat Removal Systems: A Review with Reference to the Framatome BWR Reactor KERENA: Part II," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(1), pages 1-38, December.

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