Gas-Cooled Reactor Thermal Hydraulics: I

Experimental Measurement of Temperature Distribution in a Single Graphite Block of a Prismatic Gas Cooled Reactor

11:00–11:20AM MST

KETAN AJAY (McMaster University), David R. Novog (McMaster University), Howard Li (McMaster University)

Effect of Turbulent Flow Model Choice on CFD Analyses Results during Blowdown Phase of a DLOFC in HTGRs

11:20–11:40AM MST

Mohamed S. El-Genk (The University of New Mexico), Timothy M. Schriener (The University of New Mexico), Keenan R. Kresl-hotz (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

Validation of Bypass Flow Predictions in High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactors with Crossflow Gaps

11:40AM–12:00PM MST

David Reger (Idaho National Laboratory), Victor Coppo Leite (Idaho National Laboratory), Sinan Okyay (Pennsylvania State University), Gerhard Strydom (Idaho National Laboratory)

Effects of System Pressure on Performance of a Large Scale Water-Based RCCS

12:00–12:20PM MST

Qiuping Lv (Argonne National Laboratory), Matthew J. Jasica (Argonne National Laboratory), Darius D. Lisowski (Argonne National Laboratory), Rui Hu (Argonne National Laboratory)

A Calibrated Confined-Pipe Drag Model for Stationary Centered Pebbles in Pebble-Bed Reactor Fuel Handling System Simulations

12:20–12:40PM MST

DEZHI DAI (Argonne National Laboratory), Adrian Tentner (Argonne National Laboratory)