ECC Smart

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Scientific publications from this Project can be accessed here, as the Project develops

Design and analysis of a reactor pressure vessel for the super pressurized water reactor – Álvaro Juan Fernández, Thomas Schulenberg
Design concept of a super pressurized water reactor – Thomas Schulenberg, Szabolcs Czifrus
25 years of supercritical water-cooled reactor research in Europe: Lessons learned and future challenges, Invited lecture – Thomas Schulenberg
Safety systems required for a supercritical water-cooled reactor – Thomas Schulenberg
Prediction of heat transfer deterioration and recovery – Z Zo, S He
New developments of sub-channel CFD for rod bundles with wire wrapped spacers – C Zhang, B Liu, S He
A DNS Study on the Effect of Idealised Surface Roughness for Supercritical flows in Horizontal and Vertical Channels – K. Chinembiri, W. Wang, S. He
Šípová, M. Material research for small modular reactor cooled by supercritical water – ECC-SMART – D. Marušáková, M. Šípová
Effect of exposure to supercritical water on corrosion behaviour of selected materials – M. Šípová, D. Marušáková, J. Procházka
RESULTS FROM CORROSION TESTS PERFORMED IN ECC-SMART PROJECT – Alberto Sáez-Maderuelo, Manuela Fulger, Aki Toivonen, Radek Novotny, Jan Macak, Kittima Khumsa-Ang, Daniela Marušáková, Lefu Zhang, Zhangjian Zhou,Jarmila Degmová
IN-SITU CORROSION STUDY OF 800H ALLOY IN SUPERCRITICAL WATER – Jaromír Valtr, Mariana Arnoult-Růžičková, Michal Novák, Radek Novotný, Xavier Arnoult, Daniela Marušáková, Petr Sajdl, Jan Macák
IN-SITU ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION TESTING OF 310S STEEL IN SUPERCRITICAL WATER – Petr Roztočil, David Dašek, Jaromír Valtr, Petr Čech, Mariana Arnoult-Růžičková, Michal Novák, Radek Novotný, Petr Sajdl, Jan Macák
DETAILING OF EXISTING PROBE STUDIES OF DETERIORATED HEAT TRANSFER DURING UPWARD AND DOWNWARD FLOW USING QUASI-DNS – Vladislav Filonov, Oleksandr Kovalenko, Yuliia Filonova, Dmitriy Fedorov
ASSESSMENT OF THE FAILURE TIME OF THE ECC-SMART SUPERCRITICAL REACTOR VESSEL IN THE LATE PHASE OF A SEVERE ACCIDENT – Vladislav Filonov, Yaroslav Dubyk, Dmitriy Fedorov, Oleksandr Kovalenko, Yuliia Filonova
ANALYSIS OF ROUGHNESS EFFECTS ON TURBULENT HEAT TRANSFER TO SUPERCRITICAL WATER IN A HORIZONTAL TUBE – Yuhao Xu, Jivan Khatry, Ivan Otic and Jie Zhu
Modelling the influence of surface roughness on heat transfer at supercritical pressure – Sara Kassem, Andrea Pucciarelli, Walter Ambrosini,
CFD MODELING AND VALIDATION OF SUPERCRITICAL FLUID HEAT TRANSFER ALONG ROUGH WALL SURFACES – Haipeng Li, Henryk Anglart
Effect of the Heat Transfer Correlation Choice on the Coupled Assessment of Energy Release and Stress-Strain State of an Elementary Supercritical Fuel Rod Under Nuclear Heating Conditions – Vladislav Filonov, Oleksandr Kovalenko, Yaroslav Dubyk, Yuliia Filonova, Dmitriy Fedorov
Evaluation of Three-Dimensional Initial Dynamics of the Decompression Wave at Lb Loca in the Advanced Supercritical Reactor Ecc-Smart – Vladislav Filonov, Yaroslav Dubyk, Oleksandr Kovalenko, Yuliia Filonova, Dmitriy Fedorov
DIFFERENTIAL METHOD FOR PREDICTING HEAT TRANSFER DETERIORATION REGIMES IN SUPERCRITICAL CHANNELS AND ROD ASSEMBLIES – Vladislav Filonov, Yuliia Filonova, Oleksandr Kovalenko, Dmitriy Fedorov
Considerations on current methodologies for the assessment of engineering correlations for heat transfer at supercritical pressures – Sara Kassem, Andrea Pucciarelli, Walter Ambrosini,
Customising a system code for the analysis of the thermal-hydraulic behaviour of a supercritical pressure light water small modular reactor – Omar Chaaraoui, Andrea Pucciarelli, Walter Ambrosini, Ivan Otic, Thomas Schulenberg, Chris Allison, Zheng Fu
Numerical Simulation of Supercritical Water Flow in a Wall-Heated Horizontal Test Section – Jivan Khatry, Yikai Liu, and Jie Zhu
STUDY OF THE CORROSION BEHAVIOR IN SUPERCRITICAL WATER OF AN AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL 316L MANUFACTURED BY COLD SPRAY – A. Saéz-Maderuelo, R. Novotny, M. Novak et al.
A study of the effect of pyramid roughness on turbulent heat transfer in supercritical water – K. Chinembiri, S. He, W. Wang
Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy of steels in supercritical water – J.Macák, D.Dašek, J.Valtr, P.Roztočil, M.Arnoult-Růžičková, P.Sajdl, R.Novotný, M.Novák
ASSESSMENT OF CORROSION BEHAVIOR OF CLADDING MATERIALS FOR SCW-SMR IN STATIC CONDITIONS: RESULTS OBTAINED IN ECC SMART PROJECT – Manuela Fulger, Daniel Petrescu, Valentin Lautaru, Aurel David, Catalin Marian Ducu
Application of impedance spectroscopy for in-situ corrosion tests in supercritical water – J.Macák, P.Roztočil, J.Valtr, D.Dašek, M.Arnoult-Růžičková, P.Sajdl
Originaly in Hungarian: “SM-SCWR zónatervezés és kapcsolt RELAP5 – Serpent2 számítások” (in English: Core designing of SM-SCWR and coupled RELAP5 – Serpent2 calculations) (conference paper may be submitted later) – Szabolcs Czifrus – Péter Mészáros (near future activity)
Originaly in Hungarian: “Az SM-SCWR koncepció Apros és CFD modellezése” (in English: The Apros and CFD modelling of SM-SCWR concept) (conference paper may be submitted later) – Tamás Varju – Attila Kiss (near future activity)
Turbulent Heat Transfer in a Supercritical Downward Flow – K. Chinembiri & S. He
EXTRAPOLATION OF HEAT TRANSFER DATA FOR CARBON DIOXIDE TO THE OPERATING CONDITIONS OF SCWR – Kassem. S., Pucciarelli. A. and Ambrosini W.
CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT CORRELATIONS FOR HEAT TRANSFER TO SUPERCRITICAL PRESSURE FLUIDS SPANNING ALL REGIMES – Kassem. S., Pucciarelli. A. and Ambrosini W.
Modelling of gravity-assited loop heat pipe experiments for pasive heat removal – A. McLellan, X. Huang, M. Gaudet and A. Nava-Dominguez
Specifications of a Gen-IV SCWR-FQT Reactor Physics Computational Benchmark – J. Chow, S. Kelly, A. Nava-Dominguez and D. Roubtsov
ELECTROCHEMICAL APPROACH: COULD IT ASSIST IN MATERIAL – SUPERCRITICAL WATER INTERACTION STUDIES? – J. Macák, R. Novotný, P. Sajdl, M. Arnoult-Růžičková
Oxidation behaviour of Fe-Cr-Ni alloys in static conditions in supercritical water – M.Fulger, M.Mihalache, D.petrescu
Simulated Environmental Tests for Selected ATF Cladding Solutions – S. Penttilä, J-M Autio, J. Lydman, A. Toivonen, S. Peltonen, J. Lukin
CONSIDERATIONS ON A FLUID TO FLUID SCALING THEORY FOR HEAT TRANSFER TO SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR NON-UNIFORM HEAT FLUX CONDITIONS – S. Kassem, A. Pucciarelli, W. Ambrosini
OUTCOMES OF A SUCCESSFUL FLUID-TO-FLUID SIMILARITY THEORY FOR HEAT TRANSFER AT SUPERCRITICAL PRESSURES – S. Kassem, A. Pucciarelli, W. Ambrosini
Comparison of CFD analysis results of horizontal flow in SCW SMR fuel assembly with and without wrapped wire spacers – Attila Kiss, László Adorján
Discussing CFD analysis of horizontal and vertical upward flow under supercritical conditions – Attila Kiss, Balázs Kiss
Hybrid finite element SPN analysis of an SCW-SMR concept within the ECC-SMART project – Gergely Illés, Boglárka Babcsány
Coupling of APROS and SPNDYN to analyse the SCW-SMR concept within ECC-SMART – Tamás Varju, Zeno Bertesina, Boglárka Babcsány
Current results of BME NTI in the ECC-SMART project: different analysis on the SCW-SMR – Tamás Varju, Attila Kiss, Csenge Antók, Boglárka Babcsány, Ildikó Boros, Péter Mészáros, Zeno Bertesina, Szabolcs Czifrus
Considerations on current methodologies for the assessment of engineering correlations for heat transfer at supercritical pressures – Sara Kassem, Andrea Pucciarelli, Walter Ambrosini
Customising a system code for the analysis of the thermal-hydraulic behaviour of a supercritical pressure light water small modular reactor – Omar Chaaraoui, Andrea Pucciarelli, Walter Ambrosini, Ivan Otic, Thomas Schulenberg, Chris Allison, Zheng Fu
Electrochemical Measurements in Supercritical Water – M.Valtr, P.Roztočil, D.Dašek, M.Arnoult-Růžičková, P.Sajdl, J.Macák
Effects of pipe roughness on the internal flow in the SCWR – Chunyu Jin, Jie Zhu
One dimensional analysis of heat transfer along corroded rods in vertical channels at supercritical pressure conditions – F. Wiltschko, I. Otic and J. Vitt
NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF TURBULENT HEAT TRANSFER UNDER SUPER-CRITICAL PRESSURE CONDITIONS – F. Wiltschko, I. Otic and X. Cheng
SUGGESTION FOR DESIGN OF A SMALL MODULAR SCWR – T. Schulenberg and I. Otic
Transfer matrix method for analysis of thermohydraulic characteristics of supercritical water using sub-channel approach – V. Filonov, Y. Filonova, V.Razumovskiy, and Y. Dubyk
Joint European Canadian Chinese development of Small Modular Reactor Technology (ECC-SMART project) – M. Kryková, A. Saéz_Maderuelo, I. Otic, S. Czifrus, L. Cizelj, F. Suarez Ortiz
Electrochemical Impedance Measurements in Supercritical Water – P.Roztočil, D.Dašek, M.Novák, R.Novotný, M.Arnoult-Růžičková, P.Sajdl, J.Macák
Progress on a Pre-conceptual Supercritical Water-cooled Small Modular Reactor – Armando Nava Dominguex, Xianmin Huang, Michael Gaudet, Khumsa-Ang Kittima, Alberto D’Ansi Mendoza Espana, Jimmy Chow, Danila Roubstov, Hygreeva Kiran Namburi.
Initial Multidisciplinary Study of Oxidized Chromium-Coated Zirconium Alloy for Fuel Cladding of SCW-SMR Concept: Weight-Gain and Thermal Conductivity Measurements and Coating Cost Evaluation – Khumsa-Ang, Kittima, Alberto Mendoza, Armando Nava-Dominguez, Chukwudi Azih, and Hussam Zahlan
Coupled reactor physics and thermal-hydraulics analysis of an SCW-SMR reactor concept – Part II: Improvement of the concept and sensitivity analyses – Varju, T., Antók, Cs., Mészáros, P., Babcsány, B.
Coupled reactor physics and thermal-hydraulics analysis of an SCW-SMR reactor concept – Part I: Model development and demonstration – Varju, T., Babcsány, B., Mészáros, P., Antók, Cs., Czifrus, Sz.
Discussion and perspectives for improvements of heat transfer correlation capabilities for fluids at supercritical pressures – T. Varju, A. Csige, A. Kiss, V. Filonov, Y. Filonova, D. Fedorov, A. Pucciarelli, S. Kassem, W. Ambrosini
CFD prediction of heat transfer at supercritical pressure with rough walls: parametric analyses and comparison with experimental data – S. Kassem, A. Pucciarelli ( ), W. Ambrosini
A shape function approach for predicting deteriorated heat transfer to supercritical pressure fluids on account of a thermal entry length phenomenon – Andrea Pucciarelli, Walter Ambrosini
Characterisation of observed heat transfer deterioration modes at supercritical pressure with the aid of a CFD model – A.Pucciarelli, S.Kassem, W.Ambrosini
The effect of different surface treatments of 310S austenitic stainless steel on the corrosion behavior in supercritical water using slow positron methods – Y. Song, V. Krsjak, V. Slugen, R. Novotny, S. Sojak, M. Novak, J. Dekan, X. Cao, J. Degmova
Neutronic calculations for preliminary core design of SCW-SMR – Cs. Antók, Sz. Czifrus, V. Giusti
Measurement system for in-situ estimation of instant corrosion rate in supercritical water – J.Valtr, P.Roztočil, D.Dašek, R.Mušálek, F.Lukáč, J.Klečka, M.Janata, M.Arnoult-Růžičková, P.Sajdl, J.Macák
DNS study of the effect of pyramid roughness on turbulent dynamics and heat transfer in supercritical water – K. Chinembiri, S. He, W. Wang
Prediction of cooling in a 2×2 bare rod bundle channel at supercritical pressure using sub-channel CFD – C. Zhang, B. Liu & S.He
Turbulent dynamics and heat transfer enhancement in a buoyancy opposed pipe flow at supercritical pressure – K. Chinembiri, S. He & J. He
A study on the corrosion behaviour of stainless steel 08Cr18Ni10Ti in supercritical water – Monika Šípová, Daniela Marušáková, Claudia Aparicio, Jan Procházka, Patricie Halodová
Transfer matrix method analysis of extremely nonlinear flow characteristics using channel approach – V. Filonov, Y. Filonova Y., Dubyk, Y. Pysmennyy
Simulated Environmental Tests for Selected ATF Cladding Solutions – S. Penttilä, J-M Autio, J. Lydman, A. Toivonen, S. Peltonen, J. Lukin
Concept of a Small Modular SCWR with Horizontal Fuel Assemblies – T. Schulenberg and I. Otic
Vývoj superkritickou vodou chlazeného jaderného reaktoru v Evropě – Ing. et Ing. Markéta Kryková, Ph.D. (1), Ing. Mariana Arnoult Růžičková, Ph.D. (2), Ing. Monika Šípová, Ph.D.
Oxidation Behavior of an Austenitic Steel (Fe, Cr and Ni), the 310H – A.Tudose, I.Demetrescu, F.Golgovici, M.Fulger
General Corrosion of Chromium-Coated Zirconium- and Titanium-Based Alloys in Supercritical Water at 500 °C – Khumsa-Ang K., Edwards M., and Rousseau S
Weight gain and Hydrogen absortion in supercritical water at 500 C of Chromium-coated zirconium-base alloys: Transverse vs longitudinal direction – K. Khumsa-Ang, S. Rousseau and O. Shiman
Deteriorated heat transfer influence on the stress-strain state of SMR SCWR fuel bundles – Y. Dubyk, V. Filonov, O. Kovalenko, Y. Filonova
A slow positron beam study of the oxidation behaviour of 310S stainless steel and alloy 800HT exposed to supercritical water – Jarmila Degmová, Yamin Song, Bingsheng Li, Stanislav Sojak, Xingzhong Cao, Radek Novotný, Michal Novák, Werner Egger, Vladimír Kršjak
Extending a Fluid-to-Fluid Similarity Rationale for Heat Transfer at Supercritical Pressure to R134a – Sara Kassem, Andrea Pucciarelli, Walter Ambrosini
On the Choice of Corresponding Pressures in a Novel Fluid-to-Fluid Similarity Theory for Heat Transfer at Supercritical Pressure – Pucciarelli A, Kassem S, Ambrosini W.
Advances in the Development of a Fluid-to-Fluid Similarity Theory for Fluids at Supercritical Pressure: Results From Sensitivity Analyses – A. De Angelis, A. Pucciarelli, S. Kassem, W. Ambrosini
Deteriorated Heat Transfer Influence on the Stress–Strain State of Small Modular Reactors SCWR Fuel Bundles – Y. Dubyk, V. Filonov, Y. Filonova, O. Kovalenko
European Research Program on Supercritical Water-Cooled Reactor – Kryková M., Schulenberg T., Arnoult Růžičková M., Sáez-Maderuelo A., Otic I., Czifrus S., Cizelj L., and Pavel G. L.
Deteriorated Heat Transfer Influence on the Stress–Strain State of Small Modular Reactors SCWR Fuel Bundles – Dubyk Y., Filonov V., Filonova Y., and Kovalenko O.
On the Limitations of Positron Annihilation Spectroscopy in the Investigation of Ion-Implanted FeCr Samples – Vladimir Slugen 1,*, Jarmila Degmova 1,2, Stanislav Sojak 1,2, Martin Petriska 1, Pavol Noga 2 and Vladimir Krsjak
A new approach to near-surface positron annihilation analysis of ion irradiated ferritic alloys – Krsjak, Hruska, Degmova et al.
Overview of a Theory for Planning Similar Experiments with Different Fluids at Supercritical Pressure – Pucciarelli A, Kassem S, Ambrosini W.

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