Hubert Blervaque

Hubert Blervaque discovered Modelica during his PhD research on HVAC systems in high-performance buildings. After completing his doctorate, he spent five years working in process engineering, gaining valuable industrial experience outside the Modelica ecosystem. For the past five years, he has been supporting companies across various industrial sectors in their Modelica projects through ModeliConseil, providing expertise in both skill development and advanced modeling. His unique background combining academic research, process engineering experience, and cross-sector Modelica consulting brings a comprehensive perspective to today's presentation on non-miscible liquid-gas medium modeling, co-writed with Felix Marsollier (normally present in the room).


Session

09-09
15:35
25min
A Generic Non-Miscible Liquid-Gas Medium Model in Modelicawith Analysis of Incompressibility Assumptions
Hubert Blervaque, Félix Marsollier

Motivated initially by the specific needs of Small Modular Reactors (SMR) transient analysis, including Molten Salt Reactors (MSR) draining or leak scenarios, or Sodium Natural Circulation Reactor (SNCR) scenarios, this paper presents the development of a generic two-substance liquid-gas medium and an approach used for a liquid Sodium medium. Such media have a low isothermal compressibility, which is a key issue for the numerical robustness of the simulation. These media are designed for compatibility with standard libraries like Modelica.Fluid. We detail their formulation, capabilities, and limitations. A significant portion of the paper is then dedicated to investigating a crucial aspect arising in such models: the representation of the liquid phase’s compressibility. We compare different approaches, analyzing their impact on the resulting equation system structure and numerical robustness using the OpenModelica debugger. This analysis demonstrates the trade-offs involved and provides insights into selecting appropriate liquid models for dynamic simulations involving non-miscible flows.

Media Property Modeling
Audi-Max