Three-dimensional steady calculation on two-phase flow in secondary side of steam generator

Secondary side two-phase flow in steam generator was simulated based on the porous media model. Additional momentum and energy source terms were appended to the momentum and energy equations of porous media region, respectively. The additional momentum source contained the resistances of downcomer, tube bundle, support plate and separator. The additional energy source included the heat transfer from primary side to secondary side fluid. Solving the control equations by ANSYS FLUENT solvers yielded the distributions of velocity, temperature, pressure, density and quality. The distributions of velocity, void fraction and mixture density in hot side vary significantly from these in cold side; the void fraction at the inlet of separator differs from 0.63 to 0.98; pressure descends along axial direction, while at the positions of support plates, pressure declines sharply.