Computational modeling study demonstrates transient simulation of liquid metal heat pipes across varying angles, suggesting enhanced safety assessment capabilities for advanced reactor designs.
A heat pipe module was developed for the thermal hydraulics system code AC 2 /ATHLET to facilitate the analysis of heat pipe cooled-reactor concepts. The tool enables the transient simulation of liquid metal heat pipes. For validation, an experiment with a potassium heat pipe was successfully simulated. The simulation with different angles of inclination from horizontal to vertical is possible.
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