Linear analysis of thermo-hydraulic instabilities of the advanced heavy water reactor (AHWR)

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 768-778

  Nayak, A K ^a   Vijayan, P K ^a   Saha, D ^a   Venkat Raj, V ^a   Aritomi, Masanori ^b  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Advanced Heavy Water Reactor; BWR type reactors; Density wave instability; Flow stability map; Ledinegg instability; Natural circulation; Parallel channels; Pressure tube type BWR; Stability analysis

Indexed keywords

BOILING WATER REACTORS; HYDRAULICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OSCILLATIONS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; TWO PHASE FLOW;

ADVANCED HEAVY WATER REACTORS (AHWR); CONSERVATION EQUATIONS; DENSITY WAVE OSCILLATIONS; FLOW STABILITY; LEDINEGG INSTABILITY;

HEAVY WATER REACTORS;

EID: 0032208885     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/18811248.1998.9733943     Document Type: Article

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