Advances in Thermal Hydraulics (ATH 2022)

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Direct Resolution of Wall Roughness in Pipe Flow

Jun Fang (ANL), Dillon Shaver (ANL), Aleksandr Obabko (ANL), Milorad Dzodzo (Westinghouse Electric Co.)

Experimental Investigation of Twisted Tape Heat Transfer Enhancements Using Additive Manufacturing

Arturo Cabral (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Ryan P. McGuire (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Meryem E. Murphy (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Cody S. Wiggins (ORNL)

Experimental Investigation on Flow Field Around a Flapping Flat Plate with Single Degree of Freedom

Hanyu Wang (Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ.), Wenhai Qu (Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ.), Jinbiao Xiong (Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ.)

Nek5000 Simulations for Thermal Performance Modeling of Helically Rifled Heat Transfer Enhancements

James R. Vulcanoff (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Joshua L. Gateley (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)

Assessment of a Thermal Hydraulics Model for Separate Effects Testing to Enhance Understanding of Fuel-to-Coolant Heat Transfer

Quang Phung (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Seokbin Seo (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Nicholas Brown (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)

DNS Analysis of High Flux Isotope Reactor Subchannel

Emilian L. Popov (ORNL), Nicholas J. Mecham (NCSU), Igor A. Bolotnov (NCSU)

Evaluation of Irradiation-Induced Fuel Core Expansion on Safety Margins of LEU U-10Mo Fuel During LOCA and RIA for the University of Missouri Research Reactor

Guanyi Wang (ANL), Basar Ozar (ANL), Dhongik Yoon (ANL), John Stillman (ANL), Erik Wilson (ANL), Leslie Foyto (Univ. Missouri)

Physics-Based Inferencing for Characterization of Boundary Conditions on Thermal-Fluid System for Irradiation Vehicle

Haeseong Kim (MIT), Matteo Bucci (MIT), Sacit Cetiner (INL)

Preliminary Design Status of HALEU Annular Targets for Irradiation in the High Flux Isotope Reactor

Nolan Goth (ORNL), Jorge Navarro (ORNL), Eliott Fountain (ORNL), Alex Huning (ORNL), Chris Bryan (ORNL)

Big BUSTER Testing Environment in TREAT: Preliminary Thermal-Hydraulics for the Graphite Filler Assemblies

Aaron S. Epiney (INL), John D. Bess (INL), Nicolas E. Woolstenhulme (INL)

Modeling, Validation, Scaling, Uncertainty and Application in Nuclear Thermal Hydraulics

F. D’Auria (Univ. Pisa), G.M. Galassi (Univ. Pisa)

The Effect of Cooling Efficiency on the Startup Characteristic and Performance of the Sodium Heat Pipes for the Special Purpose Reactor with Different Filling Ratio

Pei-Hsun Huang (Univ. Michigan), Taehwan Ahn (Univ. Michigan), Annalisa Manera (Univ. Michigan), Victor Petrov (Univ. Michigan)

Effects of Operational Conditions on the Geyser Boiling in the Sodium Heat Pipe for the Special Purpose Reactor

Taehwan Ahn (Univ. Michigan), Pei-Hsun Huang (Univ. Michigan), Annalisa Manera (Univ. Michigan), Victor Petrov (Univ. Michigan)

Preliminary Design and Analysis of Free-Piston Stirling Engines

Phat Doan (Univ. New Mexico), Minghui Chen (Univ. New Mexico)

Direct Numerical Simulation of Low and Unitary Prandtl Number Fluids in Reactor Downcomer Geometry

Cheng-Kai Tai (NCSU), Tri Nguyen (Penn State), Arsen S. Iskhakov (NCSU), Elia Merzari (Penn State), Nam Dinh (NCSU), Igor A. Bolotnov (NCSU)

Direct Numerical Simulation of High Prandtl Number Fluid Flow in the Downcomer of an Advanced Reactor

Tri Nguyen (Penn State), Elia Merzari (Penn State), Cheng-Kai Tai (NCSU), Igor A. Bolotnov (NCSU)

Assessing Engineering Turbulence Models in Buoyant, Non-Unity Prandtl Flow

Ralph Wiser (MIT), Emilio Baglietto (MIT), Cheng-Kai Tai (NCSU), Igor A. Bolotnov (NCSU), Tri Nguyen (Penn State), Elia Merzari (Penn State)

Quantifying Model Error in Diabatic Turbulent Flow

Ralph Wiser (MIT), Emilio Baglietto (MIT)

Embedded Fiber Optic Smart Parts Towards Advanced Reactor Applications

Andrew J. Boulanger (Luna Innovation), S. Derek Rountree (Luna Innovation), Connor Donlan (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Arturo Cabral (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Adam Hehr (Fabrisonic)

Deep Learning-Based System Diagnosis for Nuclear Power Plant Using Infrared Thermal Cameras

Ik Jae Jin (Ulsan Nat'l Institute of Science and Technology), Do Yeong Lim (Ulsan Nat'l Institute of Science and Technology), In Cheol Bang (Ulsan Nat'l Institute of Science and Technology)

Machine Learning-Based Prediction of Departure from Nucleate Boiling Power for the PSBT Benchmark

Chaitee Godbole (NCSU), Gregory Delipei (NCSU), Xu Wu (NCSU), Maria Avramova (NCSU), Upendra Rohatgi (Brookhaven)

Prediction of Minimum Film Boiling Temperature Using a Physics-Informed Machine Learning-Aided Framework

K.M. Kim (Virginia Tech), P. Hurley (Virginia Tech), J.P. Duarte (Virginia Tech)

Large Eddy Simulation of Jet Interaction

John Acierno (Penn State), Elia Merzari (Penn State )

Assessing the Structure-Based Turbulence Model Performance with Symmetric Jet Experiments

Monica Pham (MIT), Emilio Baglietto (MIT), Victor Petrov (Univ. Michigan), Annalisa Manera (Univ. Michigan)

A Precursory Investigation of the Turbulent Mixing and Thermal Striping Phenomena in the General Atomics HTGR Upper Plenum

Yue Jin (MIT), Jinyong Feng (MIT), Elia Merzari (Penn State), Hangbok Choi (General Atomics), Emilio Baglietto (MIT)

Large Eddy Simulation of a 67-Pebble Bed Experiment

David Reger (Penn State), Elia Merzari (Penn State), Haomin Yuan (ANL), Yassin Hassan (TAMU), Stephen King (TAMU), Khoi Ngo (TAMU), Sebastian Schunert (INL), Paolo Balestra (INL)

CFD Analysis of the Sodium-Water Reaction in the Minichannel of PCSG Designed for SFR

Taewoo Kim (Korea Univ. Science and Technology), Hyun-Sik Park (KAERI), Sang Ji Kim (KAERI)

A Multiphysics Framework Using High Resolution DNS to Optimize Conditions for Plasma Formation

Naveen Pillai (NCSU), Nicholas L. Sponsel (NCSU), Katharina Stapelmann (NCSU), Igor A. Bolotnov (NCSU)

A Conceptual Study of Air Curtain on the Reactor Vessel Auxiliary Cooling System

Jaejin Choi (KAIST), Yong Hoon Jeong (KAIST)

Development of Integrated Safety Analysis Code with Capability of Detailed Simulation for Multiple Fuel Rods

Yunseok Lee (Incheon National Univ.), Jaeseung Suh (SenTech Co.), Taewan Kim (Incheon National Univ.)

LES of Natural Convection Along the Vertical Wall Applied for the Scale of Small Modular Reactor ( Ra*≈10^19)

Songzhi Yang (CEA), Ulrich Bieder (CEA)

MELCOR Validation Study on Sodium Pool Fire Model with Comparison to SPHINCS

David L.Y. Louie (Sandia), Mitsuhiro Aoyagi (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)

DASSH: An Open-Source, Full-Core Subchannel Code for Fast Reactor Design and Analysis

Milos Atz (ANL), Florent Heidet (ANL)

Study on Hydraulic Characteristics in KAERI 61-PIN Wire-Wrapped Fuel Assembly Using STAR-CCM+ and ANSYS CFX

Gi-Uk Choi (Gachon Univ.), Jonggan Hong (KAERI), Yo-Han Jung (KAERI), Jae-Ho Jeong (Gachon Univ.)

Prediction of Pressure Drop in Wire-Wrapped Fuel Assemblies with Blocked Channels Using Large Eddy Simulation

D.R. Shaver (ANL), E. Merzari (ANL), L. Brockmeyer (ANL), D. Dai (ANL)

Validation of Thermal-Hydraulic Data Verification in a 37-Pin Fuel Assembly of PLANDTL Facility Using STAR-CCM+

Gi-Uk Choi (Gachon Univ.), Jae-Ho Jeong (Gachon Univ.)

High-Resolution Experiments on Flow Mixing in the Scaled-Down Upper Plenum of High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactors Under Accident Scenario

Jiaxin Mao (Univ. Michigan), Victor Petrov (Univ. Michigan), Annalisa Manera (Univ. Michigan)

High-Fidelity Simulation of Mixing Phenomena in Large Enclosures

Victor Coppo Leite (Penn State), Elia Merzari (Penn State), Jiaxin Mao (Univ. Michigan), Victor Petrov (Univ. Michigan), Annalisa Manera (Univ. Michigan)

Data-Driven Hi2Lo for Coarse-Grid System Thermal Hydraulic Modeling

Arsen S. Iskhakov (NCSU), Nam T. Dinh (NCSU), Victor Coppo Leite (Penn State), Elia Merzari (Penn State)

Large Eddy Simulation of Heat Transfer in a 7 Pin Wire-Wrapped Rod Bundle

Carolina S.B. Dutra (Penn State), Elia Merzari (Penn State)

Multiscale Analyses of Flow in a 5x5 Rod Bundle: From DNS and Subchannel to Coarse-Mesh CFD

Adam R. Kraus (Penn State), Elia Merzari (Penn State)

Infrared Thermometry and Artificial Intelligence Provide Real-Time Insights into Boiling Heat Transfer

Madhumitha Ravichandran (MIT), Matteo Bucci (MIT)

On the Development of an Improved Drag Correlations for the Near-Wall Region of Pebble Beds

David Reger (Penn State), Elia Merzari (Penn State), Haomin Yuan (ANL), Yassin Hassan (TAMU), Paolo Balestra (INL), Sebastian Schunert (INL)

Uncertainty Analysis for Sub-Channel Code with Void Fraction Experiments

Meiqi Song (Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ.), Xiaojing Liu (Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ.), Ting Yang (Shanghai Univ. of Electric Power)

On the Scalability of Validation Data for Safety Evaluation of Light Water Reactors

Chul-Hwa Song (KAERI)

Nuclear Safety Research with Open Source CFD Software

Fabian Schlegel (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HDZR))

Experimental Comparison of Transient and Stable Film Boiling Minimum Rewet Conditions at Low Pressure and Low Flow Rate

M. McCord (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), J.L. Bottini (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), C.S. Brooks (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

Validation of Multi-Phase-CFD Frameworks for High Void Fraction Flow in Large Diameter Systems

Brandon A. Aranda (MIT), Koroush Shirvan (MIT), Emilio Baglietto (MIT)

Experimental Investigation on Droplet Impacts on High Temperature Surface

Weishi Peng (Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ.), Hanwen Luo (Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ.), Jinbiao Xiong (Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ.)

Visualization of Two-Phase Flow Regimes in a Small Parallel Plate Channel

Brandon A. Aranda (MIT), Lisa Tang (MIT), Emilio Baglietto (MIT), Matteo Bucci (MIT)

CFD Analysis of Annular Natural Circulation

Jaden Miller (Oregon State), Trevor Kent Howard (Oregon State ), Wade Marcum (Oregon State)

Investigation of Natural Convection Thermal Characteristics of BALI Experiment Through Eulerian Computational Fluid Dynamics Code and Comparison with Lagrangian Code

Hyeongi Moon (Gachon Univ.), Sohyun Park (KAERI), Eungsoo Kim (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Jae-ho Jeong (Gachon Univ.)

Effect of Upstream and Downstream Pressure Losses on Flow Reversals in Low-Pressure Natural Circulation Loops

S. Renaudière de Vaux (CEA), B. Grosjean (CEA)

Realistic Loss-of-Coolant Accident Analysis of a Boiling Water Reactor for Licensing Base Revision

J. Hagaman (GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy), K. Muftuoglu (GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy), S. Lafountain (GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy), B. Sarikaya (GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy), P. Sharpe (GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy)

Analysis of Flow Instability Onset in a BWR Rod Bundle Geometry

P. Hurley (Virginia Tech), Y. Liu (Virginia Tech), J.P. Duarte (Virginia Tech), M. Corradini (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), T. Kozlowski (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

Design Study of CRUD Thermal Properties Characterization Facility DISNY Under Pressurized Water Reactor Normal Operating Condition

Ji Yong Kim (Ulsan Nat'l Institute of Science and Technology), Hyeon Ji Kim (Ulsan Nat'l Institute of Science and Technology), In Cheol Bang (Ulsan Nat'l Institute of Science and Technology)

Two-Phase Flow Upscaling Method in a Macroporous Medium

Tanguy Herry (CEA), Emma Nguyen (CEA), Bruno Raverdy (CEA), Stéphane Mimouni (EDF)

Modeling of a Nitrate Salt Natural Circulation Loop

Sheng Zhang (Univ. Michigan), Xiaodong Sun (Univ. Michigan)

Numerical Methodology for Design and Evaluation of Natural Circulation Systems for MSR Applications

J.S. Narváez Arrúa (Politecnico di Milano), A. Cammi (Politecnico di Milano), S. Lorenzi (Politecnico di Milano), P.R. Rubiolo (Univ. Grenoble Alpes)

Determination of Aspect Ratio Influence on Flow and Heat Transfer Behavior in Twisted Elliptical Tubes for Molten Salt Applications

S. Tutwiler (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Dillon R. Shaver (ANL)

Numerical Investigation of Cartridge Heater Performance Applied to the FASTR Main Heater for Molten Chloride Salts

Nolan Goth (ORNL), Thien Nguyen (ORNL), Kevin Robb (ORNL), Ethan Kappes (ORNL)

Investigating Thermal Hydraulics Performance of a New Test Section Designed for the LSTL FLiNaK Using CFD

Ethan Kappes (ORNL), Thien Duy Nguyen (ORNL), Kevin Robb (ORNL)

An Analytical Approach of Bubble Departure by Sliding in Vertical Flow Boiling

Luc Favre (EDF), Stéphane Pujet (EDF), Stephane Mimouni (EDF), Catherine Colin (Univ. Toulouse)

Numerical Simulation of Subcooled Boiling Flow with an Improved Wall Boiling Model Considering Bubble Sliding

Hongbin Wang (Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ.), Ji Wang (Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ.), Jinbiao Xiong (Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ.)

High-Fidelity Flow Boiling Simulations in a Minichannel with Offset Strip Fins

Anna Iskhakova (NCSU), Yoshiyuki Kondo (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries), Koichi Tanimoto (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries), Nam T. Dinh (NCSU), Igor A. Bolotnov (NCSU)

A CFD Model for the Simulation of Steam Explosion

Jeonghyeon Eom (Sejong Univ.), Insik Ra (Sejong Univ.), Giyoung Tak (Sejong Univ.), Haeyong Jeong (Sejong Univ.)

Investigation of Bubble Merge and Nucleation Site Suppression Effect on Wall Heat Flux Partitioning Using Bubble Tracking Model

Heepyo Hong (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Hyoung Kyu Cho (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)

Scaled Experiment Design for Transient Heat Transfer in Molten Salt-Cooled Reactor Channels

Omar Ashraf Alzaabi (Univ. California, Berkeley), Per Peterson (Univ. California, Berkeley)

Numerical Investigations on Hydrodynamic Molten Salt Lubricated Bearings

Yuqi Liu (Univ. New Mexico), Daniel L. Barth (High Temperature System Designs), Adam Burak (Univ. Michigan), Shuai Che (Univ. Michigan), Minghui Chen (Univ. New Mexico)

Design of a High-Temperature Molten-Salt Pump Bearing Test Facility

Yuqi Liu (Univ. New Mexico), Daniel L. Barth (High Temperature System Designs), Adam Burak (Univ. Michigan), Shuai Che (Univ. Michigan), Minghui Chen (Univ. New Mexico)

CFD Analysis of Tritium Removal from Molten Salt Reactors by Sparging Helium Gas Bubbles

Anthony G. Bowers Jr. (Univ. Massachusetts, Lowell), Subash L. Sharma (Univ. Massachusetts, Lowell), Piyush Sabharwall (INL)

Statistical Analysis to Determine Significant Parameters that Affect the Heat Release Rate of Electrical Cabinets

Urvin Salvi (Virginia Tech), Brian Y. Lattimer (Virginia Tech), Elvan Sahin (Virginia Tech), Juliana Pacheco Duarte (Virginia Tech)

Chemical and Thermal Hydraulic Modeling and Analysis of Hydrogen Deflagration in BWR Condensing Chambers

Toyoaki Miyazaki (MPR Assoc.), Amol Limaye (MPR Assoc.), Marwan L. Charrouf (MPR Assoc.)

Uncertainty Quantification in High-Low Dynamic System Coupling Using RAVEN and TRANSFORM

W.C. Williams (ORNL), V. Kumar (ORNL), W. Gurecky (ORNL), D. de Wet (ORNL)

Validation of the Coupled CUPID/MERCURY Code using Thermo-Mechanics and Thermal-Hydraulics Coupled Test Data from ICARUS

Hyun-Sik Park (KAERI), Jong-Rok Kim (KAERI), Seung-Jun Lee (KAERI), Hyo-Chan Kim (KAERI), Sang-Ki Moon (KAERI), Han-Young Yoon (KAERI)

Coupled Simulation of Reactor Pressure Vessel (RPV) Subjected to Pressurized Thermal Shock (PTS) Using Cardinal

Yiqi Yu (ANL), April Novak (ANL), Dillon Shaver (ANL), Elia Merzari (Penn State)

Investigation of Point-Contact Strategies for CFD Simulations of Pebble Bed Reactor Cores

Nolan Goth (ORNL), Thien Duy Nguyen (ORNL), W. David Pointer (ORNL)

Design and CFD Analysis of Printed Circuit Steam Generator for High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor Applications

Chengqi Wang (Univ. Michigan), Xiaodong Sun (Univ. Michigan)

Testing of a Large Scale RCCS Operating at Two-Phase Accident Conditions

Q. Lv (ANL), D. Lisowski (ANL), M. Jasica (ANL), Z. Ooi (ANL), A. Kraus (ANL), R. Hu (ANL), M. Farmer (ANL)

TRISO Transient Analysis: Systematic Comparison of RELAP and BISON Predictions for HTGR RIA Simulations

Carlotta G. Ghezzi (Univ. Tennessee., Knoxville), Robert F. Kile (Univ. Tennessee., Knoxville), Nicholas R. Brown (Univ. Tennessee., Knoxville)

Thermal Hydraulic Design Support and Safety Analyses of SEALER UK Demo: Nominal Operations and Various Accident Scenarios

K. Zwijsen (NRG), H.J. Uitslag-Doolaard (NRG), F. Roelofs (NRG), J. Wallenius (LeadCold Reactors)

Preliminary Steady-State Thermal Hydraulic Modelling of the NuScale Integral Pressurised Water Reactor Using the CESAR Module of ASTEC

Zhexi Guo (National Univ. Singapore), Sicong Xiao (National Univ. Singapore), Keng Yeow Chung (National Univ. Singapore)