Research Article

Pressure Waves due to Rapid Evaporation of Water Droplet in Liquid Lead Coolant

Table 1

Parameters of numerical simulation of single-drop water-lead interaction.

ParameterValue

Water droplet
Pressure 18 MPa
Temperature 630.1 K
Density 543.6 kg/m3
Initial radius 13 mm (25 mm)
Molten lead
Pressure 0.8 MPa
Temperature 800 K
Density 10417.4 kg/m3