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High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactors (HTGR)

The High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactor (HTGR) is one of the six GenIV designs which is conceived to produce electricity and provide high energy heat source for industrial applications.

We have conducted extensive experimental and computational studies of the thermal-hydraulic behavior of the system and of specific components. Research is being conducted on both Pebble Bed and Prismatic Core designs. Two large experimental facilities, representing the Water-Cooled and Air-Cooled Reactor Cavity Cooling System, are currently in operation.

Experimental data are produced and used for validating system level computer codes and CFD codes.

Visit the V&V Challenge Benchmark Problem page for more information

 

Related Projects

HTGR Upper Plenum Natural Circulation Facility

V&V Benchmark Problem #2 – Single-Jet Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Numeric Model Validation

The Water-Cooled Reactor Cavity Cooling System (RCCS)

Pebble Bed Test Facility

Evaluation and Testing of HTGR Reactor Building Response to Depressurization Accidents

Thermal-Hydraulic Research Laboratory

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College Station, TX 77845

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