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.009a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/stni/volume-2012/935391/figures/935391.fig.009a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>Water volume in the lower tank (VOF, laminar model)</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="935391.fig.009b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/stni/volume-2012/935391/figures/935391.fig.009b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>CCFL characteristics</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<table>Results calculated using the laminar model for the 1/5-scale tests (<svg height="11.175" id="M53" style="vertical-align:-0.0pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 13.775 11.175" width="13.775" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
<g transform="matrix(.017,-0,0,-.017,.062,11.113)"><use xlink:href="#x1D437"></use></g>
</svg> = 50 mm, air-water).</table>

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Figure 9: VOF Calculations of Countercurrent Gas-Liquid Flow in a PWR Hot Leg 