Analytical investigation of role of expansion tank in semi-closed two-phase natural circulation loop

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 190, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 353-360

  Lee, Sang Yong ^a   Kim, Young Lyoul ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOSS OF COOLANT ACCIDENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PIPE FLOW; PRESSURE EFFECTS; TANKS (CONTAINERS); TWO PHASE FLOW;

EXPANSION TANKS; FLOW INSTABILITY; LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS; TWO-PHASE NATURAL CIRCULATION LOOP;

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

EID: 0032669034     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(99)00079-5     Document Type: Article

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