Abstract
The Two-Fluid Model is the backbone of thermal-hydraulics and system-analysis codes for nuclear design. The Two-Fluid Model tracks the transfer of conserved quantities—mass, momentum, and energy—without the need for bubble interface tracking. However, two-phase flows are characterized by their different flow regimes which change as more vapor is present in the flow, from bubbly flow to cap/slug flow to annular flow. The two-group Two-Fluid Model can track the progression of boiling flows beyond the bubbly region without the need for flow-regime maps. A two-group wall-boiling model is implemented and coupled with the two-group Interfacial Area Transport Equation. The resulting model is compared against experimental data and predicts the growth in cap/slug bubbles through interaction models rather than through flow-regime maps. The coupled model can predict the growth in void fraction and interfacial area concentration beyond the capability of the one-group model, demonstrating the applicability of a coupled two-group approach to modeling boiling flow.
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