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Analysis of the gases distribution during a severe accident by coupling the MELCOR and FLUENT in WWER1000 containment
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It is necessary to evaluate the released gases distribution (especially hydrogen) to avoid hydrogen accumulation and maintain containment integrity against the pressure loads due to its deflagration or detonation. For this purpose, this work uses coupling of the FLUENT and MELCOR to evaluate the produced gases distribution in the WWER1000/V446 during in-vessel and ex-vessel phases of the Station Black Out (SBO) along with Large Break Loss of Coolant Accident (LBLOCA). The results indicate that 30 cm mesh size is sufficiently fine to evaluate the gases behavior in the containment. Also, driving force of the hydrogen/carbon monoxide (CO) and steam are mainly in the form of the plume due to buoyancy effects and jet flow caused by momentum, respectively. Furthermore, hydrogen accumulates in the upper compartments more than in other areas and its average volume fraction reaches to 12.7% at the end of the calculations. In addition, it can be concluded that steam condensation on the walls increases the hydrogen volume fraction up to 2%.
Severe accidentHydrogen distributionMELCORFLUENTWWER1000
R. Gharari、H. Kazeminejad、N. Mataji Kojouri
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Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute (NSTRI), Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
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