Research Article

Analysis of Void Fraction Distribution and Departure from Nucleate Boiling in Single Subchannel and Bundle Geometries Using Subchannel, System, and Computational Fluid Dynamics Codes

Table 8

Test assemblies for phase II [2].

AssemblyReference fuel typeRods
array
Type of cellPower distribution
RadialAxial

A017 × 17 M5 × 5Typical cellAUniform
A1Typical cellCUniform
A2Typical cellAUniform
A36 × 6Typical cellDUniform
A45 × 5Typical cellACosine
A8Thimble cellBCosine
A11Typical cellACosine
A12Thimble cellBCosine