Numerical Study of the Steady-State Subchannel Test-Case with NEPTUNE_CFD for the OECD/NRC NUPEC PSBT Benchmark

Table 1

Characteristics of the five selected test-cases. In bold font, the run whose condition are the closest to PWR normal conditions.

	1.2211	1.2223	1.2237	1.4325	1.4326
Outlet pressure (bar)	147.2	147.2	147.4	98.4	98.2
Inlet temperature (K)	295.4	319.6	329.6	253.6	268.8
Inlet mass flow rate; (kg·m^−2·s^−1)	3030.6	3030.6	3036.1	1397.2	1394.4
Wall heat flux (kW)	90	69.8	60	59.8	59.8
Equilibrium quality	−0.04	0.04	0.08	0.05	0.11
Averaged void fraction	0.04	0.31	0.44	0.34	0.53
Averaged fluid density (kg·m^−3)	610	456	390	478	353