Development and validation of sodium fire analysis code, ASSCOPS

; ; Tanabe, Hiromi; Ohno, Shuji; Miyake, Osamu;

PNC TN9410 97-030, 93 Pages, 1997/04

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A sodium fire analysis code, ASSCOPS(Analysis of Simultaneous Sodium Combustions in Pool and Spray) was developed coupling the computer codes of SPRAY-IIIM and SOFIRE-MIl to assess temperature-pressure transients resulting from sodium spray and pool combustions, simultaneously. The validation of ASSCOPS was conducted using the experimental results obtained from sodium spray fire experiments using 21 m vessel and the accuracy of calculated results was discussed. The following results were obtained: (1)Study under inert gas atmosphere. The comparison between analysis and experiment with regard to the pressure and the temperature showed a good agreement. (2)Study under air atmosphere. The comparison between analysis and experiment with regard to the pressure and the temperature also showed a good agreement. (3)Effects of parameter used in evaluating the design of Monju. The peak pressure and temperature obtained by the analysis overestimates the experimental results. From these results, it was concluded that the development and validation of ASSCOPS indicate a improvement on the burning and the heat transfer models in SPRAY-IIIM.