The fluid-dynamic modelling for the simulation of the Lead-Bismuth flow in the EADF was reviewed. The general form of the non-dimensional governing equation was derived, and the analysis of the orders of magnitude of the different terms in the case of a the liquid metal flows in the EADF was performed, through a flow-Mach number asymptotic analysis. It was found that the resulting form of the equations is the one commonly used in commercial CFD codes for the simulation of liquid flows, which can then be used for our applications.
The most common numerical methods for flow-Mach number applications were also presented.
These methods are general and can be applied to liquid metal flows without any modification.
The peculiarity of the numerical simulation of liquid metal flows lies in the modelling of the turbulent heat transfer, due to the flow Prandtl number of this type of fluids. This subject is discussed in [21]
