Numerical simulation of gas volume motion during the gas injection into liquid metal coolant

Detailed description of relations and numerical approaches to simulate transport of gas phase in a vertical liquid column is presented in a current paper. These approaches are important to calculate phenomena that take place during steam generator tube rapture in fast reactors with liquid metal coolant. Presented relations determine interphase friction between gas and fluid in different flow regimes of two-phase flow. It is shown that correct definition of interphase friction coefficients determines the correct value of bubble velocity that is very important to simulate two-phase flow in steam generator and reactor core. The paper also contains numerical algorithm to calculate motion of gas volume in fluid flow. Especial attention is paid to describe the algorithms for simulating two-phase flow with sharp edges between phases that are character for slug flow regime. Also some experimental results are presented in the paper. Comparison between experimental data and calculation results has been provided.