Modeling of thermophoretic deposition of aerosols in nuclear reactor containments

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 270-282

  Fernandes, Almir ^a,b,c   Loyalka, Sudarshan K ^a,d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO FEDERAL DE EDUCAÇÃO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Particulate System Research Center

Author keywords

Aerosol deposition; Containment; Thermophoresis

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CORRELATION METHODS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; LAMINAR FLOW; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PRANDTL NUMBER; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

THERMOPHORETIC COEFFICIENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

EID: 0030386573     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT96-A35283     Document Type: Article

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