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Title: Investigation on numerical method of one-dimensional drift flux model for boiling two-phase flow

Conference ·
OSTI ID:22977479
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  1. Department of Power and Energy Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing China, 400044 (China)
  2. State Nuclear Power Technology Research and Development Center, South Area Future Science and Technology Park, Chang Ping District, Beijing, 102209 (China)

A numerical method for the solution of one-dimension drift-flux model has been developed. Correlations for heat and mass transfer and kinematic constitutive equation were used to close the set of the partial differential equations. The finite volume method based on the staggered grid and fully implicit backward Euler method were applied to discretize the spatial and time differential items, respectively. The discretization equations were solved iteratively in a same manner as in SIMPLE method for a single-phase flow. The verification and validation of the numerical method and closure model for one-dimension drift-flux model have been performed by comparing the code solution with the experimental data. Furthermore, the axial distribution of void fraction and pressure also have been investigated under different heated case. (authors)

Research Organization:
American Nuclear Society - ANS, Thermal Hydraulics Division, 555 North Kensington Avenue, La Grange Park, IL 60526 (United States)
OSTI ID:
22977479
Resource Relation:
Conference: ATH 16: International Topical Meeting on Advances in Thermal Hydraulics, New Orleans, LA (United States), 12-16 Jun 2016; Other Information: Country of input: France; 14 refs.; available on CD Rom from American Nuclear Society - ANS, 555 North Kensington Avenue, La Grange Park, IL 60526 (United States)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English