Validation & Verification for Critical Heat Flux and CFD
Reference Number
EP/I012427/1
Title
Validation & Verification for Critical Heat Flux and CFD
Status
Completed
Energy Categories
Nuclear Fission and Fusion(Nuclear Fission, Nuclear supporting technologies)
Research Types
Basic and strategic applied research
Science and Technology Fields
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Chemical Engineering)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering)
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation
Not Cross-cutting
Principal Investigator
Dr S Walker
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Imperial College London
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Imperial College London
Award Type
Standard
Funding Source
EPSRC
Start Date
01 September 2011
End Date
31 May 2015
Duration
45 months
Total Grant Value
£207,496
Industrial Sectors
Process engineering
Region
London
Programme
Energy : Energy
Investigators
Principal Investigator
Dr S Walker, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London
Other Investigator
Dr MJ Bluck, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London
Professor GF Hewitt, Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London
Dr R Issa, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London
Professor GF Hewitt, Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London
Dr R Issa, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London
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Abstract
The behaviour of nuclear reactors must be thoroughly analysed under a range of normal operation and (especially) fault conditions. Computer programmes that simulate the flow of fluids, (such as 'Computational Fluid Dynamics codes, or CFD codes') can in principle help with this. However, the complexities of the phenomena to be analysed are such that these codes need to be thoroughly validated against good measurements made in suitable experimental rigs. Under this proposal a team of UK researchers will collaborate with colleagues at BARC in India, where there are excellent such experimental facilities available. Experiments will be designed and analysed jointly, and used to validate such codes
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