How braze flaws affect the thermal-hydraulic performance of the Tore Supra phase-III outboard pump limiter: A case study of the effects of nonuniform thermal resistance on the peak heat flux to the coolant for tubes with one-sided heating

Fusion Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 529-544

  Nygren, R E ^a,b,c,d,e   Miller, J D ^a,d,f  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actively cooled; High heat flux; Plasma facing component

Indexed keywords

BRAZING; CRACKS; DEFECTS; FUSION REACTORS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; PERFORMANCE; TOKAMAK DEVICES; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

BRAZE FLAWS; OUTBOARD PUMP LIMITER; THERMAL RESISTANCE; TORE SUPRA TOKAMAK;

HEAT SINKS;

EID: 0030180950     PISSN: 07481896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/FST96-A30696     Document Type: Article

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