For one class my group was given a list of a few defined constants as well as a longer list of ranges for other constants. The intent of the project was to simulate the operation of a four loop pressurized water reactor nuclear power plant similar to the Indian Unit 2 reactor. The final outcome of this project was then reported in a final technical report. This final report can be found here.
For my senior design project my group was assigned to develop simulations of Sandia National Laboratory's zirconium fuel bundle (FB) ignition tests and layout maximum conditions for a further experiment. The first step was to model the two Sandia tests in TRACE before altering the working fluid for further experiments. The models created in TRACE were then tuned to the Sandia data prior to changing the working fluid from air, the original medium, to water. The data created from the new models will be used as a reference for the practical experimentation of a zirconium FB ignition test with water as the working fluid. The final published report can be found here.