MANTECON, JAVIER G.MATTAR NETO, MIGUEL2018-01-032018-01-03MANTECON, JAVIER G.; MATTAR NETO, MIGUEL. Simplified CFD model of coolant channels typical of a plate-type fuel element: an exhaustive verification of the simulations. In: INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR ATLANTIC CONFERENCE, October 22-27, 2017, Belo Horizonte, MG. <b>Proceedings...</b> Rio de Janeiro, RJ: Associação Brasileira de Energia Nuclear, 2017. Disponível em: http://repositorio.ipen.br/handle/123456789/28206.http://repositorio.ipen.br/handle/123456789/28206The use of parallel plate-type fuel assemblies is common in nuclear research reactors. One of the main problems of this fuel element configuration is the hydraulic instability of the plates caused by the high flow velocities. The current work is focused on the hydrodynamic characterization of coolant channels typical of a flat-plate fuel element, using a numerical model developed with the commercial code ANSYS CFX. Numerical results are compared to accurate analytical solutions, considering two turbulence models and three different fluid meshes. For this study, the results demonstrated that the most suitable turbulence model is the k- model. The discretization error is estimated using the Grid Convergence Index method. Despite its simplicity, this model generates precise flow predictions.openAccessa codesanalytical solutioncomputerized simulationcoolantsfinite difference methodfuel assembliesfuel elementshydrodynamicsinstabilityturbulent flowTexto completo de eventohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2295-1021