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Ito, Kei; Kunugi, Tomoaki*; Ohno, Shuji; Kawamura, Takumi*
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The method of manufactured solution (MS) is well known as a verification method of numerical simulation algorithms. In this study, the authors develop a new MS with dynamic interfacial deformation due to a vortex, which is a simplified model of the gas entrainment (GE) behavior in sodium-cooled fast reactors and is necessary for the verification of a high-precision numerical method developed for the simulation of the GE. The MS is considered on an axisymmetric system and radial, circumferential and axial velocities and pressure are formulated to satisfy the continuity equation and the boundary condition on an interface. Preliminary calculations are performed on five meshes with various resolutions and the calculation error decreases with mesh resolution. Such an appropriate result implies the developed MS is a good problem to verify the high-precision numerical method.
Ote, Naosuke*; Koizumi, Yasuo*; Kamide, Hideki; Ohno, Shuji; Ito, Kei
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A sodium-cooled fast breeder reactor is now at the development stage in Japan. One concern for safety is cover gas entrainment into the sodium coolant. The gas entrainment rate into liquid by the vortex formed on the free surface was examined experimentally. Liquid flowed into a cylindrical vessel from a wall tangentially. Swirl flow was formed in the vessel, and then liquid drained from the bottom outlet of the vessel. A hollow vortex was formed on the free surface in the test vessel. The air was entrained under the free surface of the vortex and carried away from the bottom of the vessel. The flow state of the gas entertainment was visually observed by using a high speed video camera. The gas entrainment rate into liquid was measured. In the previous study, test fluid was water. Kerosene and 20 cSt silicone oil were newly introduced as the test fluid to examine the effect of the physical properties on the gas entertainment phenomena.