Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations

Research Article

Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling of Steam Condensation on Nuclear Containment Wall Surfaces Based on Semiempirical Generalized Correlations

Table 1

Review of containment-specific steam condensation HTC.
S. no.NameEquation
1Uchida (Rosa et al., 2009 [13]) , h (W/m2)
2Tagami steady state (Rosa et al., 2009 [13]) , h (W/m2)
3Debhi (Rosa et al., 2009 [13]) , h (W/m2), P (Atm), L (m), T (K)
4Kataoka (Rosa et al., 2009 [13]) , h (W/m2)
5Murase (Rosa et al., 2009 [13]) , h (W/m2)
6Liu (Lee and Kim, 2008 [14]) , h (W/m2), P (Pa), T (K)
7Green (Green and Almenas, 1996 [12]) , h (W/m2), T (K)
8Kawakubo (Kawakubo et al., 2009 [15]) , h (Kw/m2), P (MPa)
9Nusselt UCB Multiplier (Park et al., 1999 [16]) where and a maximum fixed value of 2.0 is used in present paper. h (W/m2)
and for  
for  
  for
10Nusselt LEE Multiplier (Lee and Kim, 2008 [14]) where
and , h (W/m2)
11Proposed fit from all the curves , h (W/m2)