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December 20, 2024
Please check out a recent paper published by Avinash Moharana at International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer on the "A Eulerian three-fluid flow framework for the study of fuel dispersal behavior under loss-of-coolant accident conditions." This study presents a time-averaged Eulerian three-fluid model to simulate nuclear fuel dispersal during Loss-of-Coolant Accidents (LOCA) in Light-Water Reactors (LWRs). The model combines granular flow theory with phase interactions among solid fuel fragments, gas, and liquid coolant, focusing on high-temperature particle behavior that drives evaporation and condensation mass transfer in the coolant. The inclusion of radiation effects accounts for enhanced evaporation rates under film boiling conditions.
November 4, 2024
Congratulations, Ilyas Yilgor on successfully defending his PhD dissertation!
June 27, 2024
Congratulations, Avinash Moharana on successfully defending his PhD dissertation!
May 1, 2024
Congratulations, Eymon Lan on successfully defending his PhD dissertation!
September 26, 2023
Ilyas Yilgor passed the Ph.D. Candidacy exam. Congratulations!
August 28, 2023
Welcome Drew Voli to the THL at RPI!
August 22, 2023
Eymon Lan attended the 34th Thermal and Fluids Analysis Workshop (TFAWS
2023), and presented "Prediction of Cryogenic Propellant Tank Active
Pressure Control by Jet Induced Mixing."
August 21, 2023
Dr. Shi and Ilyas Yilgor attended the 20th International Topical Meeting
on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH-20) held at Washington,
D.C. Dr. Shi presented the paper "Development of Solids Transport Model
for Fuel Dispersal Studies," submitted by Avinash Moharana. Ilyas also
presented his paper "Experimental Investigation of Heat Pipe Flow
Dynamics and Performance."
August 8, 2023
Please check out a recent paper published by Avinash Moharana at Nuclear Engineering and Design on the "Computational Model Development and Validation of Fuel Dispersal Phenomena." This paper introduces the current research on Fuel Fragmentation, Relocation, and Dispersal studies (FFRD) for light water reactors. Its main focus is on a newly developed computational model that utilizes a Eulerian-Eulerian-Lagrangian framework to analyze the gas, liquid, and solid phases during fuel dispersal phenomena. The validated results offer valuable insights into the flow characteristics of this three-phase system, particularly as solid fuel particles interact with the liquid coolant while being carried by the gaseous phase.
March 8, 2023
Eymon Lan passed the Ph.D. Candidacy exam. Congratulations!
January 17, 2023
Avinash Moharana passed the Ph.D. Candidacy exam. Congratulations!
January 11, 2023
Muiz Agbaje passed the DQE. Congratulations!
November 1, 2022
Welcome Doyeon Kim to the THL at RPI!
November 1, 2022
Welcome Doyeon Kim to the THL at RPI!
September 6, 2022
IIyas and Eymon passed the Departmental Qualifying Exam (DQE). Congratulations!
September 1, 2022
Welcome Muiz Agbaje to the THL at RPI!
May 12, 2022
Congratulate Ilyas Yilgor on winning the Michael Podowski Award this year!
March 1, 2022
Check out our recent paper published at International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer on the development of "Scaling Laws for Two-phase Flow and Heat Transfer in High-temperature Heat Pipes."
January 17, 2023
Avinash Moharana passed the Ph.D. Candidacy exam. Congratulations!
January 8, 2022
Welcome Avinash Moharana to our team!
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