Effect of CANDU Bundle-Geometry Variation on Dryout Power

Dryout powers have been evaluated at selected inlet-flow conditions for two proposed designs of CANDU® bundles and compared to those of the 37-element and CANFLEX® bundles. These proposed designs consist of a large centre element (18 mm for one design and 20 mm for the other) and three rings of elements of 11.5 mm in outer diameter. The critical heat flux for each bundle design has been predicted using the correlation derived with Freon data …