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Comparative study of constitutive relations implemented in RELAP5 and TRACE - Part I: Methodology & wall friction

Shin, Sung Gil (Department of Nuclear and Quantum Engineering Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST))
Lee, Jeong Ik (Department of Nuclear and Quantum Engineering Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST))

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Nuclear Engineering and Technology / v.54, no.9, 2022 , pp. 3526-3539 More about this Journal

Abstract

Nuclear thermal-hydraulic system analysis codes have been developed to simulate nuclear reactor systems, which solve simplified governing equations by replacing source terms with constitutive relations for simulating entire reactor systems with low computational resources. For half a century, many efforts have been made for wider versatility and higher accuracy of system codes, but various factors can affect the code analysis results, and it was difficult to isolate these factors and interpret them individually. In this study, two system codes, RELAP5 and TRACE, which have many users and are highly reliable, are selected to analyze only the effects of constitutive relations. The influence of constitutive relations is analyzed using in-house platforms that replicate constitute relations of RELAP5 and TRACE equally to exclude factors that may affect analysis results, such as governing equation solvers and user effects. Among the various constitutive relations, the analysis is performed on the wall variables expected to have the most influence on the analysis results. Part 1 paper presents the methodology and wall friction model comparison, while Part 2 paper shows wall heat transfer comparison of the two selected codes.

Keywords

Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis Code; Constitutive Relation; Closure Model; Wall Friction; RELAP5; TRACE;

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