TY - JOUR
T1 - Spectral and modal analysis of the flow in a helical coil steam generator experiment with large eddy simulation
AU - Yildiz, Mustafa Alper
AU - Merzari, Elia
AU - Hassan, Yassin A.
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Marilyn Delgado for the work in the experimental facility and the invaluable advice from peers at Texas A&M University and Argonne National Laboratory. Portions of this research were conducted with the advanced computing resources provided by Texas A&M High Performance Research Computing. We thank Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF) for the provided computational resources. This material was based on work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, under contract DE-AC02-06CH11357.
Funding Information:
We thank Marilyn Delgado for the work in the experimental facility and the invaluable advice from peers at Texas A&M University and Argonne National Laboratory. Portions of this research were conducted with the advanced computing resources provided by Texas A&M High Performance Research Computing. We thank Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF) for the provided computational resources. This material was based on work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy , Office of Science, under contract DE-AC02-06CH11357 .
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2019/12
Y1 - 2019/12
N2 - This paper presents an analysis of flow in the shell side of a 24-degree cut helical coil steam generator (HCSG) with large eddy simulation (LES). In the study, the open source, high-order spectral element CFD code Nek5000 was employed for numerical simulation. LES was performed at a Reynolds number of 9000 based on the inlet velocity and tube diameter. Spectral analysis was carried out along the tube bundle to investigate vortex shedding and to reveal shedding frequencies in HCSGs. Wavelet analysis was carried out to determine the time-frequency information of the fluctuating velocities in the domain. Flow was decomposed into modes with proper orthogonal decomposition, which revealed coherent structures in the flow and evolution of coherent structures in time. For the validation of Nek5000 in complex geometries, results from the numerical simulation were compared with experiments conducted at Texas A&M University. Overall, the LES results showed good agreement with experimental data.
AB - This paper presents an analysis of flow in the shell side of a 24-degree cut helical coil steam generator (HCSG) with large eddy simulation (LES). In the study, the open source, high-order spectral element CFD code Nek5000 was employed for numerical simulation. LES was performed at a Reynolds number of 9000 based on the inlet velocity and tube diameter. Spectral analysis was carried out along the tube bundle to investigate vortex shedding and to reveal shedding frequencies in HCSGs. Wavelet analysis was carried out to determine the time-frequency information of the fluctuating velocities in the domain. Flow was decomposed into modes with proper orthogonal decomposition, which revealed coherent structures in the flow and evolution of coherent structures in time. For the validation of Nek5000 in complex geometries, results from the numerical simulation were compared with experiments conducted at Texas A&M University. Overall, the LES results showed good agreement with experimental data.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2019.108486
DO - 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2019.108486
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85072854067
SN - 0142-727X
VL - 80
JO - International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow
JF - International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow
M1 - 108486
ER -