Mechanistic critical heat flux model for wide range of subcooled and low quality flow boiling

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 27-47

  Kwon, Young Min ^a   Chang, Soon Heung ^b  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COOLING; DRAG; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FUSION REACTORS; HEAT FLUX; LIGHT WATER REACTORS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; REACTOR CORES; TWO PHASE FLOW;

CRITICAL HEAT FLUX (CHF);

BOILING WATER REACTORS;

EID: 0032663819     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(99)00025-4     Document Type: Article

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