Proper orthogonal decomposition based reduced order modeling of the very high temperature reactor lower plenum hydrodynamics

Gregory A. Banyay, Mohammad Ahmadpoor, John C. Brigham

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Abstract

The feasibility of reduced order modeling for turbulent flows using Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD) based Surrogate modeling and Galerkin Projection is demonstrated for use in the hydrodynamic modeling of the Very High Temperature Reactor (VHTR) lower plenum. The lower plenum of the Heliumcooled VHTR consists of vertical cylinder arrays subjected to turbulent jetting and cross-flow. Unsteady Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations are used to acquire an ensemble of possible solution fields for flow around a circular cylinder in an open domain. Numerical results are validated to prior published literature. From the resultant data ensemble are extracted the coherent structures to create an optimal basis. POD is used to extract the coherent structures as this technique has been demonstrated to provide a basis of a chosen dimension such that the average L2-error is minimized for the best approximation of the basis to the data ensemble. The resultant optimal basis is used to construct accurate reduced order models. The computational effectiveness and insights revealed by this reduced order modeling approach are discussed for both the Surrogate modeling approach and Galerkin Projection.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationSymposia
Subtitle of host publicationTransport Phenomena in Mixing; Turbulent Flows; Urban Fluid Mechanics; Fluid Dynamic Behavior of Complex Particles; Analysis of Elementary Processes in Dispersed Multiphase Flows; Multiphase Flow With Heat/Mass Transfer in Process Technology; Fluid Mechanics of Aircraft and Rocket Emissions and Their Environmental Impacts; High Performance CFD Computation; Performance of Multiphase Flow Systems; Wind Energy; Uncertainty Quantification in Flow Measurements and Simulations
PublisherAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
ISBN (Electronic)9780791846247
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
EventASME 2014 4th Joint US-European Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, FEDSM 2014, Collocated with the ASME 2014 12th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels - Chicago, United States
Duration: Aug 3 2014Aug 7 2014

Publication series

NameAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fluids Engineering Division (Publication) FEDSM
Volume1D
ISSN (Print)0888-8116

Other

OtherASME 2014 4th Joint US-European Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, FEDSM 2014, Collocated with the ASME 2014 12th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityChicago
Period8/3/148/7/14

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Mechanical Engineering

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