Question: In a nuclear reactor fuel assembly with triangular lattice, water flows upward at pressure of 7 7 bar with inlet subcooling of 1 2 C

In a nuclear reactor fuel assembly with triangular lattice, water flows upward at pressure
of 77 bar with inlet subcooling of 12C. The fuel assembly has height of 3.55m, fuel rod
diameter of 9.6mm, and fuel lattice pitch of 12.3mm. The fuel assembly has uniform
heat flux of 0.28MWm???2, and the water flow mass flux is 1,800kgm???2.s.
Determine the major locations (Onset of nucleate boiling, Onset of significant void, and
bulk saturation point).
Calculate the axial void fraction distribution (Plot the distribution using numerical tools,
or manually by selecting typical locations to give void fraction values).
Justify the methods and models you used in each step.
 In a nuclear reactor fuel assembly with triangular lattice, water flows

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