Analytical modeling of flashing-induced instabilities in a natural circulation cooled boiling water reactor

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 215, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 87-98

  Van Bragt, D D B ^a   De Kruijf, W J M ^a   Manera, A ^a   Van Der Hagen, T H J J ^a   Van Dam, H ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ENTHALPY; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

NATURAL CIRCULATION;

BOILING WATER REACTORS;

EID: 0036603850     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(02)00043-2     Document Type: Article

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