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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP)
Technical Session|Thermal Hydraulics Analysis and Testing
Monday, June 17, 2024|3:15–5:00PM PDT|Palm H
Session Chair:
Rui Hu (ANL)
Alternate Chairs:
Mauricio E. Tano (INL)
Palash K. Bhowmik (INL)
Session Organizers:
Hiroyuki Yoshida (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
Caleb S. Brooks (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
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Steam Condensation Scaled Experiment in the Presence of Non-Condensable Gas for Reactor Containment Passive Safety Analysis
3:15–3:35PM PDT
Palash K. Bhowmik (INL), Joshua P. Schlegel (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Piyush Sabharwall (INL)
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Comparison of Experimental Data with Thermal-Hydraulic Codes RELAP5-3D and TRACE for Power Transient Flow Boiling Scenarios
3:35–3:55PM PDT
M.A. Moreno (Univ. New Mexico), N.A. Meehan (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), C.M. Perfetti (Univ. New Mexico), N.R. Brown (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Validation of the SAM Code: Development of a Coupled 1D/3D Model of the TALL-3D Natural Circulation Loop
3:55–4:15PM PDT
Eric Cervi (ANL), Ling Zou (ANL), Rui Hu (ANL)
Modeling and Validation of Heat Pipes with Non-Condensable Gases
4:15–4:35PM PDT
M. Tano (INL), P. Sabharwall (INL), K. Sweetland (LANL)
RELAP5 Simulations of the PASI Experiment on Containment Wall Condensation
4:35–4:55PM PDT
Gianmarco Grippo (Univ. Bologna), Massimiliano Polidori (ENEA)
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