Linear stability analysis on instabilities of in-phase and out-of-phase modes in boiling water reactors

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 628-635

  Uehiro, Masanobu ^a   Rao, Yan F ^a   Fukuda, Kenji ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

BWR type reactors; Frequency domain; Instability; Linear stability analysis; Out of phase mode; Parallel boiling channels; Reactivity coefficients; Regional instability; Two phase flow; Voids

Indexed keywords

BOILING WATER REACTORS; FEEDBACK; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OSCILLATIONS; STABILITY;

FROUDE NUMBER; IN PHASE MODE; LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS; OUT OF PHASE MODE; PARALLEL BOILING CHANNELS; STABILITY BOUNDARIES; VOID FRACTION; VOID REACTIVITY FEEDBACK LOOP;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 0030217271     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/18811248.1996.9731969     Document Type: Article

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