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Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling to Facilitate Qualification of Stack Sampling Probe Location

Suffield, Sarah R. [Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)]·Barnett, John Matthew [Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Washington State Univ., Richland, WA (United States)] (ORCID:0000000153810064)·Flaherty, Julia E. [Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)] (ORCID:0000000314649217)
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Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling was used to help evaluate modifications to a radiological effluent stack and assist with establishing a stack sampling location that met the mixing criteria for qualification. Requirements for stack sampling location are listed in the American National Standards Institute/Health Physics Society (ANSI/HPS) N13.1-2021 standard. Modeling was performed to help develop a suitable design for increasing building ventilation for the radiological effluent stack. The ANSI/HPS N13.1-2021 criteria for the air monitoring probe location are that the coefficient of variation of velocity uniformity, gaseous tracer uniformity, and particulate tracer uniformity must be less than or equal to 20%. Furthermore, no point in the sampling location may have a gaseous tracer concentration that varies from the mean concentration by more than 30%. Additionally, the flow angle at the sampling location must not be more than 20 degrees. The ANSI/HPS N13.1-2021 standard allows for models (physical or computational) to be employed to perform the full suite of qualification tests, followed by a more limited set of verification tests on the actual stack to qualify the stack sampling location. Here, a series of computational model simulations were employed to evaluate the stack qualification criteria. Significant time and re-source savings are achieved using CFD modeling. CFD modeling demonstrated that the stack meets the criteria at the sample probe location. Verification tests were performed on the modified stack to measure the velocity uniformity and flow angle at the stack sampling location, and results demonstrated that the CFD model results may be used to support the qualification of the stack sampling location.

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Suffield, Sarah R. [Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)], Barnett, John Matthew [Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Washington State Univ., Richland, WA (United States)] (ORCID:0000000153810064), Flaherty, Julia E. [Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)] (ORCID:0000000314649217). 2025-10-29. Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling to Facilitate Qualification of Stack Sampling Probe Location. https://doi.org/10.4236/jep.2025.1610057

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