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Nuclear Technology | Volume 54 | Number 3 | September 1981 | Pages 410-421
First International Retran Meeting | Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow | doi.org/10.13182/NT81-A32787
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A drift-flux model of two-phase flow has been incorporated into the RETRAN computer program. The drift-flux equations allow more accurate prediction of the void fraction than the homogeneous mixture model equations that form the basic RETRAN two-phase flow model. In addition, the drift-flux model is more physically based than empirical correlations of void fraction. Comparisons of model predictions with experimental data show good agreement for both subcooled and saturated boiling of water.