Experimental and numerical studies of pressure and oscillatory flow effects on the two-phase flow and heat transfer in a rod bundle

G Garrett, F Beck, D Miller, B Lowery… - … Engineering and Design, 2022 - Elsevier
An experimental and numerical study was performed to investigate the effects of pressure
and constant vs oscillatory flooding rates on the two-phase flow and heat transfer behavior …

Experimental investigation and correlation development for liquid carryover during reflood

FR Beck, GR Garrett, PP Mishra, FB Cheung… - … Engineering and Design, 2023 - Elsevier
A correlation is developed for the liquid carryover fraction during both constant and
oscillatory reflood with application to nuclear power accidents. The correlation, semi …

TRACE code core reflood thermal-hydraulics phenomena benchmarking against the NRC–PSU Rod Bundle Heat Transfer (RBHT) test facility

GR Garrett, DJ Miller, T Almudhhi, FB Cheung… - … Engineering and Design, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper evaluates the performance of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC's)
thermal hydraulic code TRAC/RELAP Advanced Computational Engine (TRACE) against …

An engineering stability technique for unsteady, two-phase flows with heat and mass transfer

FR Beck, L Mohanta, DM Henderson… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper considers the stability of an unsteady, two-phase flow with heat and mass
transfer. The model problem is motivated by loss of coolant accidents in nuclear power …

Measurements of Droplet Size and Velocity Distributions During Rod Bundle Core Reflood

GR Garrett, BR Lowery, MK Hanson… - Nuclear Science and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
As part of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development/Nuclear Energy
Agency Rod Bundle Heat Transfer (RBHT) project, an experimental study was performed to …