Study on the Applicability of Computational Models for RANS Simulations of Hydrogen-Xenon Gas Mixtures in Channels
Small gas-cooled nuclear reactor systems predominantly employ nitrogen-xenon mixtures as the working fluid and core coolant. At the recommended mixing ratio, their Prandtl number (Pr) can be as low as 0.2. The Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) approach relies on turbulence models and turbulent …