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THERMAL-HYDRAULICS IN LIQUID METAL FAST REACTORS

Dr. Antoine GerschenfeldCEA, France

29 January 2020

Meet the Presenter

Dr. Antoine Gerschenfeld earned his PhD from Ecole Normale Supérieure,

France, in 2012, and has been coordinating R&D on the thermal-hydraulics of

Sodium Fast Reactors at the Commissariat a l Energie Atomique et aus Energies

Alternatives (CEA)'s Thermal-Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics Section (STMF)

since 2013. In that capacity, he has led the development of a subchannel

thermal-hydraulics code (TrioMC) as well as the development of a tool for

coupling coarse and fine models in a single reactor-scale simulation (MATHYS).

He has also been involved in a number of collaborations: bilateral exchanges

with DOE, JAEA and IPPE; EURATOM projects on liquid-metal reactors; and in

international GIF, NEA and IAEA working groups.

Email: [email protected]

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Introduction

Issues: overall view

Core / per-subassembly

Core / overall behavior

Hot pool / Core outlet

Hot pool

Free surface

Intermediate heat exchangers (SFRs)

Cold pool

Diagrid

Vessel cooling system

Issues / Global

Modelling thermal-hydraulics

Modelling / Codes

Application

Natural convection

Natural convection / Code coupling

Natural convection / Results

Natural convection / Validation

Conclusion

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