Improvement of the condensation heat transfer model of the MARS-KS1.3 code using a modified diffusion layer model

The modified diffusion layer model was implemented into MARS-KS1.3 and it has been validated using 157 condensation experiments from six different facilities. By using the turbulent diffusion coefficient in the modified diffusion layer model, the effect of turbulence on mass diffusion and then condensation was captured very well. For most cases, the results of the modified model are in a better agreement with the experimental data, resulting in a root-mean-square error of 21.3%. It is also shown that the modified diffusion layer model can predict local condensation heat transfer change along the condensation surface well.