Progress in multiphase computational fluid dynamics

RT Lahey Jr, E Baglietto, IA Bolotnov - Nuclear Engineering and Design, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper is primarily concerned with the development of three dimensional (3-D)
multiphase computational fluid dynamics models for use in Pressurized Water Nuclear …

Investigation of the impact of near-wall mesh size on the transition from microscopic wall boiling mechanism to macroscopic multiphase-CFD models

S Yang, B Ren, L Yang, C Chen, Q Lu, Z Wei - Applied Thermal …, 2024 - Elsevier
CFD method enables high-fidelity investigation of complex systems. Numerous sensitivity
studies on boiling sub-models improve the applicability and reliability of the multiphase-CFD …

Multiphase CFD-based critical heat flux predictions for single-element heaters at CANDU reactor conditions

RA Brewster, J Feng, K Podila, G Waddington… - … Engineering and Design, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper uses Eulerian multiphase computational fluid dynamics (MCFD) simulations to
predict the critical heat flux in a simplified CANDU test geometry for typical pressurized …

A new approach to predicting Departure from Nucleate Boiling (DNB) from direct representation of boiling heat transfer physics

E Demarly - 2020 - dspace.mit.edu
Accurate prediction of the Departure from Nucleate Boiling (DNB) type of boiling crisis is
essential for the design of Pressurized Water Reactors (PWR) and their fuel. Recent …

Multiphase CFD benchmark of experimental critical heat flux data at PWR operating conditions

Z Skirpan - 2020 - dspace.mit.edu
The M-CFD simulations were implemented in the commercially available STAR-CCM+
software, and benchmarked against experimental observations of CHF collected at the …