Lesson learned from the adoption of numerical techniques in the analysis of nuclear reactor thermal-hydraulic phenomena

Analysis of the effects of heat sink temperature on single-phase natural circulation loops behaviour

“…That is why that the comparison between the experimental data and CFD results has been addressed to evaluate the oscillation mean value, amplitude and shape. It has been considered as a minor fault the fact that CFD analysis does not adequately predict the oscillation number between two consecutive flow reversals: CFD results show more repetitive pattern than measurements do [13,14].…”