CFD Applications to Pressurized Thermal Shock-Related Phenomena

Table 11

Reference classification based on single phenomena in the two-phase PTS situation [5].

Part of the nuclear reactor	Flow pattern	Area-specific phenomena	References
ECC	Free liquid jet	(a) Momentum transfer at the jet interface, including instabilities	N/A
		(b) Splitting of the jet	N/A
		(c) Condensation on the jet surface	[17, 35, 105, 106]
ECC-CL	Zone of the impinging jet	(a) Surface deformation by the jet, including the generation of waves	N/A
		(b) Steam bubble entrainment	N/A
		(c) Bubble migration and de-entrainment	N/A
		(d) Turbulence production below the jet	[4, 31, 34, 35, 65, 87, 94–96, 105, 119]
CL	Zone of horizontal flow	(a) Momentum exchange at the gas–liquid interface, including the generation of waves and the growth or damping of these waves	[35]
		(b) Heat and mass transfer (condensation) at the gas–liquid interface, including its influence on the momentum transfer	[15, 17, 35, 65, 91–93, 104–107]
		(c) Heat transfer to the walls	[17, 34, 57–59, 87, 91, 92, 106]
		(d) Turbulence production at the interface	[35, 94–96, 105, 119]
		(e) Turbulence production at the walls	[31, 34, 66, 67, 73, 87, 94–96, 105, 119]
		(f) Influence of the phase change on turbulence and wave pattern	N/A
		(g) Mixing/stratification of hot and cold-water streams	[4, 15, 30–32, 34, 41, 57–59, 65–67, 73, 79–81, 87, 91–96, 105, 119]
DC	Flow in the downcomer in the case of a partially filled cold leg	(a) Turbulence production at the walls	[30, 31, 40–42, 79, 81]
		(b) Mixing/stratification of hot and cold water	[4, 14, 15, 30–32, 35, 40–42, 57–59, 65–67, 73, 79–81, 91, 92, 94, 119]
		(c) Heat transfer to the walls	[17, 40, 57–59, 65, 91–93, 106]
	Flow in the downcomer in the case of the water level being below the cold leg nozzle	(a) Separation of the incoming water jet from the downcomer wall or not	[108]
		(b) Momentum transfer at the jet interface, including instabilities	N/A
		(c) Splitting of the jet	N/A
		(d) Phase change at the jet surface	N/A
		(e) Heat transfer to the walls	[108]