Implementation of DOWTHERM A Properties into RELAP5-3D/ATHENA

Moore, Richard L.

Idaho National Laboratory

关键词: Heat Transfer;    Biphenyl;    Computers;    Implementation;    Phenyl Ether;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1037788
RP-ID  :  INL/EXT-10-18651
RP-ID  :  DE-AC07-05ID14517
RP-ID  :  1037788

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

DOWTHERM A oil is being considered for use as a heat transfer fluid in experiments to help in the design of heat transfer components for the Next Generation Nuclear Plant (NGNP). In conjection with the experiments RELAP5-3D/ATHENA will be used to help design and analyzed the data generated by the experiments. Inorder to use RELAP5-3D the thermophysical properties of DOWTHERM A were implemented into the fluids package of the RELAP5-3D/ATHENA computer propgram. DOWTHERM A properties were implemented in RELAP5-3D/ATHENA using thermophysical property data obtain from a Dow Chemical Company brochure. The data were curve fit and the polynomial equations developed for each required property were input into a fluid property generator. The generated data was then compared to the orginal DOWTHERM A data to verify that the fluid property data generated by the RELAP5-3D/ATHENA code was representitive of the original input data to the generator.