Research Article

The Feasibility of Multidimensional CFD Applied to Calandria System in the Moderator of CANDU-6 PHWR Using Commercial and Open-Source Codes

Table 1

OpenFOAM solvers used in the present computation.

TypesName of solverRelated physics

Incompressible
(isothermal)
(porousSimpleFoam)
simpleFoam
(Porous media)
Steady/unsteady-state
Incompressible
Turbulent (model)

Heat transfer
buoyantBoussinesqSimpleFoam
Steady/unsteady-state
Buoyant: free convection
Incompressible
Turbulent (model)