Research Article
VOF Calculations of Countercurrent Gas-Liquid Flow in a PWR Hot Leg
Table 1
Test section dimensions and conditions.
| | Reference | D (mm) | LH/D (−) | LI/D (−) | θ (deg) | Fluids | Pressure (MPa) |
| | Richter et al. [10] | 203.2 | 4.5 | 0 | 45 | Air-Water | 0.1 | | Ohnuki et al. [11] | 25.4 | 9.1 | 1.2 | 50 | Air-Water | 0.1 | | Mayinger et al. [7] | 750 | 9.0 | 1.1 | 50 | Stream-Water | 0.3, 1.5 | | Geffraye et al. [12] | 351 | 7.5 | 3.0 | 50 | Air-Water | 0.1 | | Navarro [9] | 54 | 9.3 | 1.9 | 50 | Air-Water | 0.1 | | Minami et al. [8] | 50 | 8.4 | 1.2 | 50 | Air-Water | 0.1 |
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D: diameter, LH: length of horizontal pipe, LI: length of inclined pipe, θ: angle of elbow.
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