Vivek M Rao Nuclear CFD Development Engineer Contact raovm@ornl.gov All Publications Electrically Engaged UnduLation (EEL) Marine Energy System Comparative Thermal Performance of Downdraft and Updraft Forced Convection in a Representative 3x3 PWR Fuel Assembly VERIFICATION OF THERMODYNAMIC CONSERVATION IN THE EXERO: H2GEN REACTOR Design and Testing of the Vortex Ring Facility A Large Eddy Simulation Study of Flow Turbulence, Alumina Transport, and Bath Temperature Evolution in Conventional Aluminum-Smelting Cell Using OpenFOAM A Review of Computational Capabilities and Requirements in High-Resolution Simulation of Nonferrous Pyrometallurgical Furnaces Computational Methodology to Simulate Pyrometallurgical Processes in a Secondary Lead Furnace... Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulations to Support Efficiency Improvements in Aluminum Smelting Process... Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling to Simulate a Combined Reforming Process for Syngas and Hydrogen Production... High-Accuracy Simulations to Model Pyrometallurgical Processes in a Secondary Lead Reverberatory Furnace... COMPUTATIONAL MODELING AND SIMULATION OF ALUMINIUM SMELTING PROCESS USING OPENFOAM... HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING TO ENABLE NEXT-GENERATION LOW-TEMPERATURE WASTE HEAT RECOVERY... High Performance Computing to Enable Next-generation Low-temperature Waste Heat Recovery... Key Links Curriculum Vitae Organizations Fusion and Fission Energy and Science Directorate Nuclear Energy and Fuel Cycle Division Advanced Reactor Engineering and Development Section Thermal Hydraulics Group