POST CRITICAL HEAT-TRANSFER PREDICTIONS USING A MODIFIED RELAP5 MOD2 COMPUTER CODE Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • A new modified version of the RELAP5/MOD2 computer code for the analysis of the reflood phase after a hypothetical large-break loss-of-coolant accident is developed. Various rewetting correlations are examined and compared with full-length emergency core heat transfer separate-effects and system-effects test (FLECHT-SEASET) experimental reflood data. The RELAP5 prediction of vapor temperatures is low in comparison with the data. The use of a new interfacial heat transfer between droplets and steam results in a reasonable prediction of vapor superheats. A revised dispersed flow film boiling correlation, which accounts for the enhancement of steam convective cooling by droplet-induced turbulence, is incorporated in the code. Comparison of the current results with data shows significant improvement in the prediction of clad temperature time histories over previous RELAP5 calculations.

published proceedings

  • NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

author list (cited authors)

  • HASSAN, Y. A.

citation count

  • 0

publication date

  • September 1989