Heat transfer analysis of the passive residual heat removal system in ROSA/AP600 experiments

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 18-30

  Yonomoto, Taisuke ^a,d,e   Kukita, Yutaka ^b,f   Schultz, Richard R ^c,g  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^g RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Natural circulation heat transfer; Passive residual heat removal; ROSA AP600 experiments

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FLOW PATTERNS; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HYDRAULICS; LOSS OF COOLANT ACCIDENTS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; WATER COOLED REACTORS;

IN-CONTAINMENT REFUELING WATER STORAGE TANKS (IRWST); PASSIVE RESIDUAL HEAT REMOVAL (PRHR) SYSTEMS;

EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS;

EID: 0032186947     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT98-A2906     Document Type: Article

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