• openAccess   A New Coupled CFD/Neutron Kinetics System for High Fidelity Simulations of LWR Core Phenomena: Proof of Concept 

      Pérez Mañes, Jorge; Sánchez Espinoza, Víctor Hugo; chiva, sergio; Stieglitz, Robert Hindawi Publishing Corporation (2014-05)
      The Institute for Neutron Physics and Reactor Technology (INR) at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is investigating the application of the meso- and microscale analysis for the prediction of local safety parameters ...
    • openAccess   Validation of NEPTUNE-CFD Two-Phase Flow Models Using Experimental Data 

      Pérez Mañes, Jorge; Sánchez Espinoza, Víctor Hugo; chiva, sergio; Böttcher, Michael; Stieglitz, Robert Hindawi Publishing Corporation (2014-06)
      This paper deals with the validation of the two-phase flow models of the CFD code NEPTUNEC-CFD using experimental data provided by the OECD BWR BFBT and PSBT Benchmark. Since the two-phase models of CFD codes are extensively ...