DEVELOPMENT OF A THERMOPHYSICAL MODEL OF THE ELECTRIC MELTING FURNACE OF THE “EAGLE” FACILITY FOR OBTAINING A CORIUM PROTOTYPE OF A FAST NEUTRON REACTOR WITH A SODIUM COOLANT

This article presents the results of modeling of the temperature field of the electric melting furnace of the “EAGLE” facility. The two-dimensional axisymmetric thermophysical model was created in the ANSYS software and the model was validated by comparing the calculated temperature values with experimental data during modeling. Validation of the model shows that the deviations of the calculated and experimental temperature values at the control points do not exceed the permissible limits. Thus, the developed thermophysical model can be used to justify further experiments at the “EAGLE” facility.