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

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class="align_left">#1</td><td class="align_center">23.6</td><td class="align_center">21.8</td><td class="align_center">20.6</td><td class="align_center">26.7</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">#2</td><td class="align_center">37.6</td><td class="align_center">34.7</td><td class="align_center">31.8</td><td class="align_center">42.1</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">#3</td><td class="align_center">77.5</td><td class="align_center">74.8</td><td class="align_center">73.9</td><td class="align_center">115.2</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="5"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Sensitivity to the turbulence models, 3D (ANSYS-CFX).

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