Browsing by Author "Vaghetto, Rodolfo"
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Franklin, Andrew Mark (2020-06-04)Surface-to-surface, blackbody radiation heat transfer is a fundamental phenomena essential in the evaluation of some heat conduction problems. Representing it in digital simulations is of interest in the nuclear power ...
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Goth, Nolan Edward (2018-12-05)In nuclear reactor thermal hydraulics modeling, detailed coolant velocity fields are essential to accurately anticipating flow induced vibrations and temperature distributions in the coolant and pins. Predictive computational ...
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Unver, Hatice Nur (2021-06-04)The Reactor Cavity Cooling System (RCCS) is one of the passive safety systems included in the design of Generation IV reactors. The RCCS is designed to remove the heat from the reactor cavity by natural circulation without ...
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Fullerton, Christopher Todd (2017-07-18)In the event that a nuclear core cooling pipe ruptures, a loss of coolant accident (LOCA) scenario begins. Precipitates from dissolved ions can form and cause the emergency backup pumps to fail. Two aluminum products, an ...
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Alawneh, Luay Mohammad Deeb (2022-07-25)Micro reactors are gaining substantial interest worldwide due to their capabilities to deliver power to remote and decentralized areas, also their long fuel cycles which makes them more attractive compared to other energy ...
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Alsmadi, Eman Haitham Mohammad (2020-05-20)This thesis summarizes an intensive computational study to a proton accelerator-driven thorium-fueled molten salt reactor, including sensitivity analysis, parametric studies, and design & optimization for selected components ...
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Design and PIV Measurements on a Wire-Wrapped 61-Rod Hexagonal Fuel Assembly Experimental Facility Goth, Nolan Edward (2017-05-04)The superior uranium utilization efficiency of fast spectrum reactors relative to thermal spectrum reactors was recognized shortly after commercial reactor development started. The sodium fast reactor design, a type of ...
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Kappes, Ethan Daniel (2018-12-13)Randomly packed pebble bed structures are found in many engineering applications, such as solar thermal batteries, chemical catalytic reactors, fluid refinement and filtering, magnetic refrigerators, biological tissues, ...
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Arora, Ojasvin Sanjay (2023-08-02)Elevated temperatures and corrosive environments, typical of molten salt reactor’s operating conditions, may pose challenges to the functionality of instrumentation, sensors and key com-ponents of the cycle. Experimental ...
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Queiroz Tomaz, Gabriel Caio (2022-04-18)The Generation IV reactors (Gen IV) are a set of new designs of nuclear reactors under development by a consortium of counties to meet the energy necessities of the future, including sustainability, safety, and economic ...
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Kyriakopoulos, Vasileios (2016-12-08)This thesis examines five chemical solutions that are considered to be representative of the solution created in the containment sump during a postulated LOCA (loss of coolant accident) at a Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) ...
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Mulloy Jr, John Patrick (2022-06-14)A hybridized Eulerian-Lagrangian solver was built in the open-source computational fluid dynamics code OpenFOAM. This solver was developed as a starting point for higher fidelity combined abrasion-ablation effects modeling ...
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Krueger, Aaron Martin (2017-12-01)The Consortium for Advanced Simulation of LightWater Reactors (CASL) is working towards developing a virtual reactor called the Virtual Environment for Reactor Application (VERA). As part of this work, computational fluid ...
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Holler, David Michael (2019-07-12)Dense and accurate experimental data are continuously sought after, especially for validation of computer codes. Codes can often produce dense calculations, and need equally dense experimental results for comparison. Optic ...
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Orea, Daniel (2023-05-04)In this study, an investigation was conducted to characterize the flow behavior of a wrapped screen wick annular heat pipe, using distilled water as the working fluid. To achieve the experimental outcomes, high-resolution ...
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Aloufi, Abdulbasit Radhi (2022-07-20)The study is of paramount importance for understanding Flow-Induced Vibration in Helical Coil heat exchangers application in Small Modular Reactors. The study can support design optimization for more stable, safer, and ...
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Vaghetto, Rodolfo (2013-11-25)The Very High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor (VHTR) is one of the next generation nuclear reactors designed to achieve high temperatures to support industrial applications and power generation. The Reactor Cavity Cooling ...
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Freitas Matozinhos, Camila (2022-07-27)Pressurized Water Reactors (PWRs) are the most common types of electricity generating reactors. Inside of a PWR core, pressurized liquid water is used as a coolant to remove the fission heat generated in the cylindrical ...
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Orea, Daniel (2019-04-09)The main objective of "Experimental Flow Mixing Effects in the Cold-Leg of a Pressurized Water Reactor for CFD-UQ” is to investigate mixing phenomena in the cold leg and of a Pressurized Water Reactor. The experimental ...
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Maher, Blake Rakers (2023-07-26)Advanced reactor and Small Modular Reactor (SMR) systems present a wide range of compelling fluid flow behaviors and complex flow structures. The hemispherical plenum features heavily in high temperature gas cooled reactors ...