On the prediction of critical heat flux using a physics-informed machine learning-aided framework

X Zhao, K Shirvan, RK Salko, F Guo - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
The critical heat flux (CHF) corresponding to the departure from nucleate boiling (DNB) crisis
is essential to the design and safety of a two-phase flow boiling system. Despite the …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of the state-of-the-art AI methods for critical heat flux prediction

W Zhou, S Miwa, H Wang, K Okamoto - International Communications in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Critical Heat Flux (CHF) plays a pivotal role in ensuring reliability and safety within
boiling two-phase flow systems. Despite the development of numerous CHF prediction tools …

Improved departure from nucleate boiling prediction in rod bundles using a physics-informed machine learning-aided framework

X Zhao, RK Salko, K Shirvan - Nuclear Engineering and Design, 2021 - Elsevier
The critical heat flux (CHF) corresponding to the departure from nucleate boiling (DNB) crisis
is a regulatory limit for the licensing of pressurized water reactors (PWRs) worldwide …

40th Anniversary of the first international topical meeting on nuclear reactor thermal-hydraulics: Highlights of thermal-hydraulics research in the past four decades

E Merzari, FB Cheung, SM Bajorek… - Nuclear Engineering and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The year 2020 marks the 40th anniversary of the first International Topical Meeting on
Nuclear Reactor Thermal-hydraulics (NURETH-1). Hosted by the thermal-hydraulics division …

Sensitivity analysis of transient critical heat flux by RIA under high-pressure flow boiling conditions in TRTL

NA Meehan, SB Seo, TK Howard, NR Brown - Nuclear Technology, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
A reactivity-initiated accident (RIA) is a design-basis accident under which critical heat flux
(CHF) is likely to be exceeded. The operational margin for RIAs is currently determined …

[PDF][PDF] Machine learning-based critical heat flux predictors in subcooled and low-quality flow boiling

X Zhao, R Salko Jr, K Shirvan - 2018 - osti.gov
The subcooled and low-quality flow boiling critical heat flux (CHF) corresponding to the
departure from nucleate boiling (DNB) is one of the major limiting factors in the design and …

Thermal-hydraulic two-phase modeling of reactivity-initiated transients with CATHARE2–Application to SPERT-IV simulation

JM Labit, N Seiler, O Clamens, E Merle - Nuclear Engineering and Design, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Reactivity-Initiated Accidents (RIA) in nuclear reactor cores are very complex
multiphysic transients. They consist in a very fast power excursion in the core, leading to wall …

Experimental investigation of power transient flow boiling

M He, M Chen, E Villarreal, H Ban, RB Rebak - Experimental Thermal and …, 2023 - Elsevier
To advance the mechanistic understanding of power transients in flow boiling, experimental
investigations are performed to capture the thermal response of four different kinds of …

Recently revisited TH issues and associated R&D A French perspective

P Ruyer - Nuclear Engineering and Design, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper presents an overview of some recent evolutions in the field of thermal-hydraulics
(TH) within nuclear safety studies in France, therefore restricted to Pressurized Water …

Hybrid improved empirical mode decomposition and artificial neural network model for the prediction of Critical Heat Flux (CHF)

M Djeddou, X Zhao, IA Hameed… - International …, 2021 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Three Hybrid artificial neural network (ANN) models namely radial basis function (RBF),
generalized regression neural networks (GRNN), and multi-layer perceptron (MLP) …