OECD/NRC PSBT Benchmark: Investigating the CATHARE2 Capability to Predict Void Fraction in PWR Fuel Bundle

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="757356.fig.003a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/stni/volume-2012/757356/figures/757356.fig.003a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>Test Series 1</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="757356.fig.003b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/stni/volume-2012/757356/figures/757356.fig.003b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>Test Series 2</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><img alt="757356.fig.003c" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/stni/volume-2012/757356/figures/757356.fig.003c.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(c) </b>Test Series 3 </td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="d"><td><img alt="757356.fig.003d" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/stni/volume-2012/757356/figures/757356.fig.003d.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(d) </b>Test Series 4</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<table>Overall subchannels tests (126 tests)—sensitivity calculations. </table>

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Figure 3: OECD/NRC PSBT Benchmark: Investigating the CATHARE2 Capability to Predict Void Fraction in PWR Fuel Bundle 