PPT-Introduction To MELCOR and The RN Package
PPT-Introduction To MELCOR and The RN Package
PPT-Introduction To MELCOR and The RN Package
Presented by
Jesse Phillips
[email protected]
SAND2018-4262 PE
EMUG 2018 Workshop
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MELCOR Physics
• Thermal/hydraulic response
• Combustible gas generation, transport, and deflagration
• Aerosol/vapor release, behavior, transport, deposition
• Core heatup and degradation
– PWRs, BWRs, and other designs (e.g., SFP)
• Ex-vessel molten core/concrete interactions
• Relocation of decay heat sources
• High pressure melt ejection, direct containment heating
• Performance and impact of Sprays and Engineered Safety
Systems
– Sprays, filters, fans, coolers, ice condensers, hydrogen
recombiners
1 2 3 4
N
– Heat structure may be
Right
Boundary
inclined
Atmosphere Atmosphere
Surface
(outside) – Partially immersed
Left Right
– May have rectangular,
Left
Boundary Boundary
Boundary
Surface Volume
Volume
(inside)
cylindrical, spherical
Pool
or hemispherical 1-D
Pool geometry
– Chemistry
• Debris ejected from vessel attacks concrete Body
– Attack is primarily thermal: surface ablates Points
• Concrete decomposes
• Gases (H2O and CO2) interact with debris
• Oxides (CaO, SiO2, Al2O3, etc.) add to debris
• Top surface communicates with surroundings
– Heat is lost by radiation, convection, or boiling
– Gaseous reaction products pass to atmosphere
• Sustained by decay and chemical heat
– Heat balance determines progression
EMUG 2018 Workshop
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MCCI : Framework
• MELCOR models based on CORCON-Mod3
– Uses CCM3 routines for phenomenological models
• Geometry, heat transfer, chemistry, concrete ablation
– Obtains boundary condition and source data from other
MELCOR packages rather than user input
• Stand-alone options available (in MELCOR format)
– Interface to VANESA preserved
• VANESA is fission product release model
– Implemented as part of the RN package
– Separate scrubbing model replaced by general SPARC model
• MELCOR executive replaces top coding levels
– Controls input, advancement, output
– Input format consistent with other MELCOR packages
– Allows integrated restart, plot, and fallback capabilities
DCH COR
Package Package
FL HS
Package Package
CVH RN FDI
Package Package Package
condensation
vapor
aerosol
impaction
sedimentation
thermophores
is
– Fuel-cladding gap 14
15
Water
Concrete
H2O
–
H2O
-
and
– Atmosphere and pool (of Fission product release/transport is governed primarily
any control volume) by thermo-chemical characteristics of species, not their
radioactive properties. Therefore, species with similar
• Fuel FPs are transported with chemical properties are combined.
the fuel until released
–CORSOR-M,
– k ko exp- Q/RT
–CORSOR-Booth*,
• Limited by mass transport in fuel
• D0 exp(-Q´/RT)
• Also limited by mass transfer through gas phase
• Options for high- or low-burn-up fuel
– FPT-1 P Cs Ti
• Cs, I, Mo atm
P CsI Ti
– ORNL VI Tests atm
0.1
1 10
3
• Cs, I, Mo
0.00011 10 4
1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500
1.02510
3 Ti 3
3.510
K
kg/m3
Particle Diameter
section mass
– Agglomeration
– Water condensation
• Particle fallout by gravitational settling
• Particle deposition processes
– Thermophoresis
– Diffusiophoresis 0.1 1 10 100
section mass
– Significant aerosol mass
– Affects agglomeration, growth and
fallout
• Cs chemisorption in RCS modeled
– Iodine from CsI revolatilizes when
reheated 0.1 1 10 100
aerosol diameter [mm]
H 2O
CsOH gaseous CsOH adsorbed
depends on T1
HI gaseous HI solid