Research Portfolio

Flow structures, energy loss, and pressure dynamics in reactor coolant pumps.

Selected studies around transient vortices, LES, POD, turbulent kinetic energy, entropy production, and pressure pulsation mechanisms.

Rear cavity vortex visualization
Selected CFD work around vortex structures and energy loss.
4Featured Studies
LESHigh-Fidelity Simulation
PODModal Decomposition
TKEEnergy Diagnostics
Selected Work

The details of my publications

Rear cavity vortex visualization
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Transient Rear Cavity Vortex Flow in a Spherical Casing Nuclear Reactor Coolant Pump

This study identifies a new large-scale vortex inside the spherical casing, named the rear cavity vortex. Its characteristic frequency is analyzed to support improved efficiency and operational reliability of the NRCP.

Transient VortexFrequency AnalysisNRCP
Energy characteristics visualization
02

Energy Characteristics of Transient Rear Cavity Vortex in a Spherical Casing Nuclear Reactor Coolant Pump

Large Eddy Simulation is combined with Proper Orthogonal Decomposition and Turbulent Kinetic Energy analysis to characterize the vortex energy behavior both qualitatively and quantitatively.

LESPODTKE
Energy loss analysis visualization
03

Enhanced Quantitative Methodology for Energy Loss Analysis and Its Application to Transient Annular Vortex

This work proposes an enhanced methodology for quantifying energy loss in a newly discovered annular vortex, showing that turbulent entropy production dominates local energy dissipation.

Entropy ProductionEnergy LossAnnular Vortex
Time-frequency pressure coupling visualization
04

LES-Based Time-Frequency Characterization of Vortex-Pressure Coupling in an Axial-Flow NRCP Impeller

A 3D-LES and time-frequency coupled analysis reveals pressure pulsation and vortex structure mechanisms, showing how coupling strength decays from impeller inlet to outlet through turbulence evolution.

Time-FrequencyPressure PulsationImpeller Flow
Portfolio | Hongchi Zhong (Darian)