Application of CFD for modeling flows in feed-water pipelines

Milorad B. Dzodzo; Liu Bin; Andrea Cioncolini; Stanley R. Spiegelman

doi:10.1115/ICONE14-89549

Application of CFD for modeling flows in feed-water pipelines

Milorad B. Dzodzo^*, Liu Bin, Andrea Cioncolini, Stanley R. Spiegelman

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Abstract

A numerical investigation was performed to study the flows in several PWR power plant feed-water pipeline configurations. Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) models were developed with commercial CFD software. The models comprised sections of the pipeline networks including geometrical configurations like; elbows, expansions and contractions, valves, T and Y branches. The purpose of the study was to obtain insight into the flow redistribution, flow patterns and axial velocity profiles resulting from the interaction between various pipeline branches and position of the geometrical configurations. The results, streamlines, axial velocity contours, lateral velocity vectors and velocity profiles are presented and discussed in relation to the shape of the pipeline network. The CFD models results indicate that in some cases axial velocity profiles and flow patterns can differ from the developed turbulent flows in the straight pipes. The presented CFD models are one step towards developing advanced tools that can be used to evaluate the effects of the pipeline geometry on the flow structure and axial velocity distribution.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Fourteenth International Conference on Nuclear Engineering 2006, ICONE 14
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1115/ICONE14-89549
State	Published - 2006
Externally published	Yes
Event	Fourteenth International Conference on Nuclear Engineering 2006, ICONE 14 - Miami, FL, United States Duration: 17 Jul 2006 → 20 Jul 2006

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Name	International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, Proceedings, ICONE
Volume	2006

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Conference	Fourteenth International Conference on Nuclear Engineering 2006, ICONE 14
Country/Territory	United States
City	Miami, FL
Period	17/07/06 → 20/07/06

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Dzodzo, MB, Bin, L, Cioncolini, A & Spiegelman, SR 2006, Application of CFD for modeling flows in feed-water pipelines. in Fourteenth International Conference on Nuclear Engineering 2006, ICONE 14. International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, Proceedings, ICONE, vol. 2006, Fourteenth International Conference on Nuclear Engineering 2006, ICONE 14, Miami, FL, United States, 17/07/06. https://doi.org/10.1115/ICONE14-89549

Application of CFD for modeling flows in feed-water pipelines. / Dzodzo, Milorad B.; Bin, Liu; Cioncolini, Andrea et al.
Fourteenth International Conference on Nuclear Engineering 2006, ICONE 14. 2006. (International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, Proceedings, ICONE; Vol. 2006).

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