Research Article

Validation of the Subchannel Code SUBCHANFLOW Using the NUPEC PWR Tests (PSBT)

Table 10

Occurrence of critical heat flux conditions in transient tests.

CaseExp. DNB Sim. DNB Exp. critical Sim. critical
time (s)time (s)power (MW)power (MW)

A4 PI106.7101.93.813.66
A4 FR52.952.52.502.50
A4 DP88.882.63.593.40
A4 TI140.6140.83.163.15
A8 PI86.690.03.813.89
A8 FR55.052.32.482.49
A8 DP143.8144.03.373.37
A8 TI128.8134.83.223.27