Development and preliminary validation of a steam generator 3D thermohydraulics analysis code STAF

Porous media model in Fluent code, coupled with two-phase mixture flow model, resistance model of tubes and heat transfer model through tubes, is employed to develop a steam generator thermohydraulics analysis code STAF (Steam generator Thermohydraulics Analysis code based on Fluent). In this code, the heat transfer from primary to secondary side is calculated three-dimensionally during iteration. The localized velocity, temperature, enthalpy, quality and void fraction in steam generator can be obtained by this code. STAF is validated in two ways. First, STAF is used to calculate the thermal-hydraulic parameters in steam generator of AP 1000. The calculated results are compared with designed values to prove that the coupled heat transfer calculation in STAF is accurate. Second, STAF is employed to simulate the FRIGG test to validate the localized parameter calculation performance by comparing the calculated localized void fraction with test values. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.