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 …

Rod bundle heat transfer thermal-hydraulic program

SM Bajorek, FB Cheung - Nuclear Technology, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has been conducting thermal-hydraulic
research using the Rod Bundle Heat Transfer (RBHT) facility at the Pennsylvania State …

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 …

[PDF][PDF] EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL STUDIES OF THE DROPLET SIZES AND VELOCITIES NEAR THE QUENCH FRONT FOR

G Garrett - 2021 - etda.libraries.psu.edu
This dissertation presents experimental measurements for droplet sizes and velocities near
the quench front for forced bundle reflood flow and corresponding analyses of this unique …