Numerical simulation of steady-state mixed convection sodium flow experiments

Abstract

In the framework of the validation of the TrioCFD code for mixed convection and steady-state sodium flows, four experiments obtained using the SUPERCAVNA experimental equipment and involving Richardson numbers ranging from 0.13 to 4.21 are simulated. The TrioCFD numerical tool uses a RANS approach with a k-∊ turbulence model including a buoyancy term and the computed results are in very good agreement with the experiments.