Modeling and Simulation of Flow and Uranium Isotopes Separation in Gas Centrifuges Using Implicit Coupled Density-Based Solver in OpenFOAM
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https://doi.org/10.13052/ejcm2642-2085.2911Keywords:
Gas flow modeling, uranium isotopes separation, gas centrifuge, ICDB solver, OpenFOAMAbstract
The performance of a gas centrifuge that is used for isotopes separation is dependent on the gas flow inside it. In this study, for modeling the UF6 gas flow, an Implicit Coupled Density-Based (ICDB) solver, was developed in OpenFOAM. To validate the ICDB solver, the gas flow within the rotor in total reflux state was compared with the analytical solution obtained by Onsager model and the numerical solution obtained by the Fluent software. The results showed that the ICDB solver had acceptable accuracy and validity. Also the computational efficiency of Roe, AUSM (Advection Upstream Splitting Method) and AUSM+ up schemes were compared. The results showed AUSM+ up scheme is efficient. Then, the uranium isotopes separation in a gas centrifuge was simulated. It was revealed that all gas flow characteristics including velocity, pressure, temperature and axial mass flux, as well as uranium isotope separation parameters including separation power and separation coefficients could well be predicted.
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