Thermo-hydraulic instability of boiling natural circulation loop induced by flashing (analytical consideration)

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 187-199

  Inada, F ^a   Furuya, M ^a   Yasuo, A ^a  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOILING LIQUIDS; HYDRAULICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE DROP; PRESSURE EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

DRIFT-FLUX MODEL; FLASHING PHENOMENON; NATURAL CIRCULATION; STABILITY MAPS; THERMO-HYDRAULIC INSTABILITY;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 0034249202     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(99)00334-9     Document Type: Article

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