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 class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left" rowspan="2"></td><td align="center" colspan="4">Subchannel type</td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="center">Typical (S1)</td><td align="center">Thimble (S2)</td><td align="center">Side (S3)</td><td align="center">Corner (S4)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Flow area, mm<sup>2</sup></td><td align="center">107.098</td><td align="center">107.098</td><td align="center">68.464</td><td align="center">42.592</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Heated perimeter, mm</td><td align="center">29.845</td><td align="center">22.384</td><td align="center">14.923</td><td align="center">7.461</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Wetted perimeter, mm</td><td align="center">54.645</td><td align="center">54.645</td><td align="center">44.923</td><td align="center">33.161</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="5"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Geometrical parameters of each subchannel [<a href="/journals/stni/2012/746467/#B2">2</a>].

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Table 2: 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 2 | Analysis of Void Fraction Distribution and Departure from Nucleate Boiling in Single Subchannel and Bundle Geometries Using Subchannel, System, and Computational Fluid Dynamics Codes 