Simulation of Subcooled Nucleate Boiling in a Vertical Annulus With Coupling of Bubble-Tracking and Two-Fluid Models: Further Comparison With Experimental Results Available to Purchase

A model of subcooled nucleate boiling flow in a vertical channel at low pressure conditions that was developed earlier is further validated by comparison of simulations with experimental results from Purdue University (USA). The model consists of a three-dimensional bubble-tracking model and a two-dimensional two-fluid model which are coupled off-line. By taking into account dynamic phenomena (liquid flow, bubble motion and interaction) and thermal phenomena (liquid heating, bubble nucleation and condensation), the model is able to simulate the gradual evolution of void fraction profiles along the boiling channel.