Pronghorn: A multidimensional coarse-mesh application for advanced reactor thermal hydraulics AJ Novak, RW Carlsen, S Schunert, P Balestra, D Reger, RN Slaybaugh, ... Nuclear Technology 207 (7), 1015-1046, 2021 | 70 | 2021 |
Pressure drop correlation improvement for the near-wall region of pebble-bed reactors D Reger, E Merzari, P Balestra, S Schunert, Y Hassan, H Yuan, YH Lan, ... Nuclear Technology 209 (1), 90-104, 2023 | 13 | 2023 |
Direct numerical simulation and large eddy simulation of a 67–pebble bed experiment D Reger, E Merzari, P Balestra, S Schunert, Y Hassan, S King Nuclear Technology, 1-21, 2023 | 11 | 2023 |
Generation of localized reactor point kinetics parameters using coupled neutronic and thermal fluid models for pebble-bed reactor transient analysis R Stewart, P Balestra, D Reger, E Merzari Annals of Nuclear Energy 174, 109143, 2022 | 10 | 2022 |
Discrete element simulation of Pebble Bed Reactors on graphics processing units D Reger, E Merzari, P Balestra, R Stewart, G Strydom Annals of Nuclear Energy 190, 109896, 2023 | 8 | 2023 |
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 | 8 | 2023 |
An improved pressure drop correlation for modeling localized effects in a pebble bed reactor D Reger, E Merzari, P Balestra, S Schunert, Y Hassan, H Yuan Nuclear Engineering and Design 403, 112123, 2023 | 7 | 2023 |
Toward development of an improved friction correlation for the near-wall region of pebble bed systems D Reger, E Merzari, P Balestra, S Schunert, Y Hassan, H Yuan arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.05041, 2022 | 5 | 2022 |
High-fidelity simulations of the run-in process for a pebble-bed reactor R Stewart, P Balestra, D Reger, E Merzari, G Strydom Annals of Nuclear Energy 195, 110193, 2024 | 3 | 2024 |
Comparison of pebble bed velocity profiles between high-fidelity and intermediate-fidelity codes D Reger, E Merzari, P Balestra, S Schunert, YA Hassan International Conference on Nuclear Engineering 85277, V004T14A086, 2021 | 3 | 2021 |
Demonstrate Capability of NEAMS Tools to Generate Reactor Kinetics Parameters for Pebble-Bed HTGRs Transient Modeling R Stewart, D Reger, P Balestra Technical Report INL/EXT-21-64176, Idaho National Laboratory, 2021 | 3 | 2021 |
Methodology for Determining the Run-In Scenario for a Pebble Bed Reactor R Stewart, DA Reger, P Balestra, G Strydom Transactions of the American Nuclear Society 127 (1), 412-415, 2022 | 2 | 2022 |
Single-and Multi-Physics Models of Advanced Reactors in the Virtual Test Bed B Feng, J Fang, T Hua, N Stauff, A Novak, L Zou, R Hu, P Balestra, ... Transactions of the American Nuclear Society 125 (1), 1010-1013, 2021 | 2 | 2021 |
Large Eddy Simulation of Convective Heat Transfer in a Random Pebble Bed Using the Spectral Element Method T Nguyen, D Reger, D Dai, E Merzari, H Yuan, B Jackson, G Busco ASME Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 145 (12), 2023 | 1 | 2023 |
Determination of an Initial Critical Fuel Height for a Pebble-Bed Reactor R Stewart, DA Reger, P Balestra, G Strydom Transactions of the American Nuclear Society 127 (1), 1048-1051, 2022 | 1 | 2022 |
Gas Cooled Reactor Equilibrium Core Calculations using NEAMS tools P Balestra, R Stewart, D Reger, S Schunert, J Ortensi Transactions of the American Nuclear Society 127 (1), 988-991, 2022 | 1 | 2022 |
Discrete Element Method Investigation of Reflector Dimples for a General Pebble Bed Reactor Design D Reger, P Balestra, R Stewart, G Strydom, E Merzari Transactions of the American Nuclear Society 127 (1), 958-961, 2022 | 1 | 2022 |
Improved Point Kinetic Parameters Generation for Pebble Bed Reactor Transient Simulation Using NEAMS Tools D Reger, P Balestra, R Stewart, E Merzari Transactions of the American Nuclear Society 125 (1), 114-117, 2021 | 1 | 2021 |
Validation and Comparison of HI-STORM Overpack Thermal-Hydraulic Model with MOOSE and NekRS S Okyay, E Merzari, DA Reger, VC Leite, G Giudicelli, P German, ... arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.15455, 2023 | | 2023 |
High-fidelity simulation of pebble beds: Toward an improved understanding of the wall channeling effect D Reger, E Merzari, S Lee, P Balestra, Y Hassan arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.05031, 2023 | | 2023 |