Research Article

Analysis of the Natural Convection Flow in the Upper Plenum of the MONJU Reactor with Trio_U

Table 5

Influence of varied parameters on the solution.

ObjectiveInitialisationVaried parameterSolution

Convergence of solution S1Reposing flow; °CCoarse mesh; 1st order convection schemeS1c
Solution S1c;Intermediate mesh; 2nd order convection schemeS1i
Solution S1i;Fine mesh; 2nd order convection schemeS1f

Convergence of solution S2Reposing flow; °CIntermediate mesh; 2nd order convection schemeS2i
Solution S2i;Fine mesh; 2nd order convection schemeS2f
Solution S2f;Coarse mesh; 1st order convection schemeS2c
Reposing flow; °CIntermediate mesh; 1st order convection schemeS2i

Effect of UCSSolution S2i; without UCSIntermediate mesh; 2nd order convection schemeS3i