Due to the character of the original source materials and the nature of batch digitization, quality control issues may be present in this document. Please report any quality issues you encounter to [email protected], referencing the URI of the item.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 50-52).Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics.Simulation of subcooled boiling was carried out using RELAP5 thermal hydraulic computer programs. Both one-dimensional and three-dimensional analyses were carried out with one-dimensional RELAP5/MOD3.2 and three-dimensional RELAP5-3D code. Experimental data from the subcooled boiling experiment at low pressure conditions of Bartel, and Zeitoun and Shoukri were simulated. The RELAP5/MOD3.2 was executed to determine the axial void faction distribution. The predictions of void fraction distributions at low-pressure conditions were underestimated. The same model was used to simulate high pressure subcooled boiling data. High pressure subcooled boiling experiments of Bartolomey and Sabotinov were simulated. The axial void fraction distribution results of RELAP5/MOD3.2 were in a good agreement with the experimental data. Two sets of both Bartel's and Zeitoun and Shoukri's experiments were chosen for three-dimensional simulation. Three-dimensional input model resembling the annular test section was constructed. The simulation results using RELAP5-3D program achieved a good agreement with low and high-pressure experimental data. Sensitivity study, with various nodalization schemes, was performed to obtain the optimum simulation parameters
