Effects of polymer, surfactant, and salt additives to a coolant on the mitigation and the severity of vapor explosions

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Volumn 26, Issue 2-4, 2002, Pages 213-219

  Furuya, Masahiro ^a   Kinoshita, Izumi ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL MICELLE CONCENTRATION; DEPOSITION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SALTS; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; THERMAL EFFECTS; VAPORS; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

MOLTEN ALLOYS; VAPOR EXPLOSIONS;

COOLANTS;

EXPLOSION;

EID: 0036612486     PISSN: 08941777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0894-1777(02)00129-2     Document Type: Article

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