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zone 10D 29.2 modelled section 36
z ~ h e a t e d rod OD 13.9 (F'T-6)
(all dimensions in ram)
Fig. 4. Test section with six heated rods.
per f or med at different l ocat i ons al ong t he test
section, in t hree radi al zones, as i ndi cat ed in
Fig. 4.
T L cal cul at i ons were per f or med f or one-
t ent h of t he cross-section, utilizing t he sym-
met ry of t he bundl e. Since t he pr esent model
is appl i cabl e t o bubbl y t wo- phase Eow, onl y
t he first 2 m of t he sect i on was model l ed. The
model l ed segment was di vi ded i nt o 17100 com-
put at i onal cells wi t h a l at eral size i n t he r ange
0. 7- 1. 0 mm a nd 40 mm in t he flow di-
rect i on. Car e was t aken t o specify equal-sized
and r egul ar cells close t o walls, since t hi s hel ps
t o avoi d numeri cal pr obl ems in model l i ng
close-to-wall effects. The model l i ng assumpt i ons
concer ni ng t he boundar y condi t i ons, fluid pr op-
ert i es and bubbl e di amet er were t he same as
for t he one- r od t est section. To make t he pr ob-
lem sol vabl e on a mid-size computer+ a space-
mar chi ng scheme was used, and t he sol ut i on
was f ound in I m l ong part s, as shown i n
Fig. 5. Af t er sol vi ng t he pr obl em in t he first
par t , t he cal cul at ed flow field at t he out l et
was copi ed t o t he i nl et of t he sect i on usi ng t he
same geo, - et r y.
The fol l owi ng wor ki ng condi t i ons were used
in t est sect i on FT-6: wat er mass flux, 1112 kg
m -2 s - ' ; inlet subcool i ng, 3.5 K; system pres-
sure, 49.7 bar, heat flux, 540 kW m -2. Com-
par i sons of t he axial di st r i but i ons of t he
comput ed and measur ed voi d f r act i ons in t he
zones are shown in Fig. 6. The l at eral di st ri -
but i ons of t he voi d f r act i on at different
Fig. 5. Mesh used in the calculations of the six-rod bundle.