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[en] Transient Over Powers (TOPs) or Loss Of Flow (LOFs) applied to a sodium-cooled fast reactor channel generally produce a coolant boiling situation where the positions at which the coolant boils and recondenses alters during the transient. In analysing experiments performed to investigate these effects, it is important to calculate these positions accurately, because the pressure drop across a region of two-phase sodium is much higher than that in the single phase, and because the two-phase region strongly influences the acceleration imposed on the upper liquid slug. The techniques developed to calculate these boundaries and ensure their smooth movement across the fixed finite-difference mesh points set up for analytic purposes are described. The special treatment of the single-phase and two-phase regions on either side of these boundaries is also covered. The calculation of the heat fluxes in these regions needs particular attention because of discontinuities in temperature gradients and this is dealt with comprehensively. (UK)
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Nov 1979; 17 p
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