圧力-表面張力の適切なバランスを考慮した高精度VOF法の開発と高速炉ガス巻込み現象への適用(高速炉,<特集>第13回動力・エネルギー技術シンポジウム)

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To evaluate directly gas entrainment (GE) phenomena in fast reactors, a numerical simulation method based on a high-precision volume-of-fluid (VOF) methodology have been studied. Unstructured meshes to subdivide simulation domains have been employed because exact modeling of complicated geometries is necessary for GE simulations. In this note, formulations of each calculation procedure in the high-precision VOF methodology on unstructured meshes are briefly presented. Calculation procedures of surface tension forces are also presented. In addition, unphysical behaviors of velocity distributions near gas-liquid interface induced by inappropriate formulation of pressure gradient are addressed and an appropriate formulation is presented considering proper balance conditions between pressure and surface tension forces. Finally, the improved simulation method is applied to the basic GE experiment. The simulation results show that the GE phenomena occur in the same mechanism with the experimental results.
2009-03-25