Assessment of pressure drop and void fraction correlations with data from two-phase natural circulation loops

Heat and Mass Transfer/Waerme- und Stoffuebertragung

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 541-548

  Vijayan, P K ^a   Patil, A P ^a   Pilkhwal, D S ^a   Saha, D ^a   Venkat Raj, V ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOILING LIQUIDS; CORRELATION METHODS; FRICTION; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE DROP; THERMODYNAMICS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

NATURAL CIRCULATION LOOPS; SUBCOOLED BOILING; VOID FRACTION;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 0034315942     PISSN: 09477411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002310000108     Document Type: Article

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