Development of a heat pipe module for AC 2 /ATHLET and transient simulation of an experiment
Abstract A heat pipe module was developed for the thermal hydraulics system code AC 2 /ATHLET to facilitate the analysis of heat pipe cooled-reactor concepts. The tool enables the transient simulation of liquid metal heat pipes. For validation, an experiment with a potassium heat pipe was successfully simulated. The simulation with different angles of inclination from horizontal to vertical is possible.
Authors
- Jörg Starflinger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2004-927X)
- Philipp Schöffel
- Daniel Eckert
Institutions
- University of Stuttgart (DE)
- Gesellschaft für Anlagen und Reaktorsicherheit (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Kerntechnik
- Published
- 2026-09-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1515/kern-2026-0062
- Primary Topic
- Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00