A workflow leveraging MOOSE transient multiphysics simulations to evaluate the impact of thermophysical property uncertainties on molten-salt reactors A Abou-Jaoude, S Harper, G Giudicelli, P Balestra, S Schunert, N Martin, ... Annals of Nuclear Energy 163, 108546, 2021 | 21 | 2021 |
The virtual test bed (VTB) repository: a library of reference reactor models using NEAMS tools GL Giudicelli, A Abou-Jaoude, AJ Novak, A Abdelhameed, P Balestra, ... Nuclear Science and Engineering 197 (8), 2217-2233, 2023 | 16 | 2023 |
Improved natural convection heat transfer correlations for reactor cavity cooling systems of high-temperature gas-cooled reactors: From computational fluid dynamics to Pronghorn R Freile, M Tano, P Balestra, S Schunert, M Kimber Annals of Nuclear Energy 163, 108547, 2021 | 11 | 2021 |
NRC Multiphysics Analysis Capability Deployment (FY2021--Part 1) S Schunert, GL Giudicelli, P Balestra, J Ortensi, R Freile, L Harbour Idaho National Lab.(INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States), 2020 | 10 | 2020 |
Moose navier–stokes module A Lindsay, G Giudicelli, P German, J Peterson, Y Wang, R Freile, D Andrs, ... SoftwareX 23, 101503, 2023 | 9 | 2023 |
NEAMS TH CRAB GL Giudicelli, AD Lindsay, R Freile, J Lee Idaho National Lab.(INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States), 2021 | 9 | 2021 |
Deployment of the Finite Volume Method in Pronghorn for Gas and Salt cooled Pebble Bed Reactors S Schunert, GL Giudicelli, AD Lindsay, P Balestra, S Harper, R Freile, ... Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States), 2021 | 8 | 2021 |
Influence of Molten Salt (Flinak) Thermophysical Properties on a Heated Tube Using CFD Rans Turbulence Modeling of an Experimental Testbed RO Freile | 5 | 2020 |
Coupled griffin and pronghorn simulation of the molten salt fast reactor (msfr) for the virtual test bed R Freile, S Harper, G Giudicelli, A Abou-Jaoude Transactions of the American Nuclear Society 125 (1), 918-921, 2021 | 4 | 2021 |
CFD assessment of RANS turbulence modeling for solidification in internal flows against experiments and higher fidelity LBM-LES phase change model R Freile, ME Tano, JC Ragusa Annals of Nuclear Energy 197, 110275, 2024 | 3 | 2024 |
Lattice Boltzmann solidification modeling of forced convection internal flows applied to Gen-IV nuclear reactor coolants R Freile, ME Tano, JC Ragusa Progress in Nuclear Energy 163, 104785, 2023 | 2 | 2023 |
Coupling coarse-mesh CFD with fine-mesh CFD for modeling molten-salt reactors in the Virtual Test Bed (VTB) M Tano, R Freile, J Fang, D Shaver, A Abou-Jaoude American Nuclear Society-ANS, La Grange Park, IL 60526 (United States), 2022 | 2 | 2022 |
Progress on coarse-mesh solidification modeling through an upscaling physics-based data-driven calibration R Freile, ME Tano, JC Ragusa International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 234, 126001, 2024 | | 2024 |
Coupled Neutronics, Thermochemistry, Corrosion Modeling and Sensitivity Analyses for Isotopic Evolution in Molten Salt Reactors MT Retamales, S Walker, A Abou Jaoude, R Roper, CFM Karlsson, ... | | 2024 |
Development of Segregated Thermal-Hydraulics Solvers in MOOSE P German, AD Lindsay, ME Tano Retamales, RO Freile, S Schunert, ... Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States), 2024 | | 2024 |
Benchmarking a Pronghorn Model of the Natural Convection Shutdown Heat Removal Test Facility Against STAR-CCM+ (Poster) S Schunert, R Freile, LH Harbour, P Balestra Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States), 2021 | | 2021 |
IMPLEMENTATION OF TURBULENCE MODELING FOR THE COUPLED GRIFFIN-PRONGHORN SIMULATION OF THE MOLTEN SALT FAST REACTOR FOR THE VIRTUAL TEST BED RO Freile, A Abou Jaoude, GL Giudicelli, S Schunert, P Balestra Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States), 2021 | | 2021 |
Benchmarking a Pronghorn Model of the Natural Convection Shutdown Heat Removal Test Facility Against STAR-CCM+ S Schunert, R Freile, L Harbour, P Balestra 2021 International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods …, 2021 | | 2021 |
Influence of molten salt-(FLiNaK) thermophysical properties on a heated tube using CFD RANS turbulence modeling of an experimental testbed. JL Kloosterman, E Merle, J Ragusa, R Freile, M Kimber EPJ Nuclear Sciences & Technologies 5, 2019 | | 2019 |
Evaluación de sistemas de seguridad alternativos para la refrigeración de reactores de investigación. R Freile Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, 2017 | | 2017 |