Research Article

New RELAP5-3D Lead and LBE Thermophysical Properties Implementation for Safety Analysis of Gen IV Reactors

Table 1

“tpf” binary file blocks structure description.

Name NumberBlock description

File name1Binary file type (“tpf” file)
Version2File version
Binary format3File format (XDR formatted)
Properties description4Description of the fluid (used also in the R5-3D output file), information about the file generation date
Triple and critical point information5The triple and critical points temperature pressure and specific volume, the admissible pressure, and temperature range for the fluid
Number of points’ information6Information about the number of temperature and pressure points and the total amount of data in block 7
Thermophysical properties data7The thermophysical properties data, including the temperature and pressure points