This paper provides a quantitative non-linear model for predicting in-phase oscillations in BWR.
This model considers the single-phase, the subcooled boiling and the bulk boiling regions.
The effect of the direct heating by neutrons and gammas, on the reactor stability is computed.
The influence of the spacer location on the decay ratio and the limit cycle amplitude is studied.
The effect of the void fraction oscillations on the mass flux oscillations in the two-phase nodes is considered.