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

Table 3

Comparison of pressure drop for the STERN laboratory experiment, 2D.

Case	(Pa)
	Experiment; (STERN)	COMSOL; (2D)	ANSYS-; FLUENT (2D)	OpenFOAM; (2D)
#1	28.2	15.0	16.0	14.0
#2	41.3	22.5	20.3	21.4
#3	78.2	45.2	36.4	38.0

Quoted for the data with turbulence model in FLUENT version 15 [10].