Two-phase flow instability for low-flow boiling in vertical uniformly heated thin rectangular channels

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 327-337

  Oh, Chang H ^a,b,c,d,e   Chapman, John C ^a,f,g  

^a Lockheed Martin Idaho Technology Company   (United States)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery

Author keywords

Flow instability; Heat transfer; Rectangular flow channel

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BOILING WATER REACTORS; CHANNEL FLOW; COOLANTS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; LOSS OF COOLANT ACCIDENTS; PRESSURE DROP; STABILITY;

ADVANCED TEST REACTORS; BOILING FLOW; FLOW INSTABILITY; FLOW RATES; INNER COOLANT CHANNELS; MOMENTUM BALANCE; ONSET OF FLOW INSTABILITY; RECTANGULAR FLOW CHANNEL; SUBATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 0030106960     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT96-A35212     Document Type: Article

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