Sockeye: A One-Dimensional, Two-Phase, Compressible Flow Heat Pipe Application
Joshua Hansel, Ray A. Berry, David Andrš, Matthias Kunick, Richard Martineau
Abstract
Sockeye is a heat pipe analysis application based on the Multiphysics Object-Oriented Simulation Environment (MOOSE) finite element framework. The primary purpose of Sockeye is to provide a transient heat pipe simulation tool to be used in the analysis of nuclear microreactor designs. Sockeye provides the capability to perform one-dimensional, two-phase, compressible flow simulation of a heat pipe working fluid and two-dimensional, axisymmetric heat conduction for the heat pipe cladding and its surroundings. Sockeye is demonstrated against analytical solutions and experimental data from the SAFE-30 heat pipe module test.
Topics & Concepts
MultiphysicsHeat pipeMechanicsHeat sinkThermal conductionCladding (metalworking)Compressible flowMaterials scienceFinite element methodCompressibilityRotational symmetryTwo-phase flowHeat transferMechanical engineeringFlow (mathematics)Structural engineeringEngineeringPhysicsComposite materialHeat Transfer and Boiling StudiesNuclear Engineering Thermal-HydraulicsNuclear reactor physics and engineering