COBRA/TRAC - A Thermal-Hydraulics Code for Transient Analysis of Nuclear Reactor Vessels and Primary Coolant Systems. COBRA/TRAC Numberical Solution Methods.

摘要

The COBRA/TRAC computer program has been developed to predict the thermal-hydraulic response of nuclear reactor primary coolant systems to small and large break loss-of-coolant accidents and other anticipated transients. The code solves the compressible three-dimensional, two-fluid, three-field equations for two-phase flow in the reactor vessel. The three fields are the vapor field, the continuous liquid field, and the liquid drop field. A five-equation drift flux model is used to model fluid flow in the primary system piping, pressurizer, pumps, and accumulators. The heat generation rate of the core is specified by input and no reactor kinetics calculations are included in the solution. This volume describes the finite-difference equations and the numerical solution methods used to solve these equations. It is directed toward the user who is interested in gaining a more complete understanding of the numerical methods used to obtain a solution to the hydrodynamic equations.