A novel lattice Boltzmann model for two-phase fluids is presented. We begin with the two-body BBGKY equation, and perform a coordinate transformation to split it into a Boltzmann equation for the one-body distribution, coupled to a kinetic equation for the correlation function. The coupling is...

The paper describes a new computational tool based on lattice Boltzmann methods for the simulation of two-phase flow and heat transfer phenomena in boiling water reactor fuel bundles.