VOF Calculations of Countercurrent Gas-Liquid Flow in a PWR Hot Leg

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="935391.fig.006a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/stni/volume-2012/935391/figures/935391.fig.006a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b> Water volume in the lower tank (0.1 MPa, air-water)</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="935391.fig.006b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/stni/volume-2012/935391/figures/935391.fig.006b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>CCFL characteristics (A-W: air-water, S-W: steam-water)</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<table>Results calculated for the full-scale hot leg.</table>

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Figure 6: VOF Calculations of Countercurrent Gas-Liquid Flow in a PWR Hot Leg 