Experimental study on critical power in a hemispherical narrow gap

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 266-278

  Park, Rae Joon ^a   Ha, Kwang Soon ^a   Kim, Sang Baik ^a   Kim, Hee Dong ^a   Jeong, Ji Hwan ^b  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b Chonan College of Foreign Studies   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Critical power; Hemispherical narrow gap; New correlation

Indexed keywords

COOLING; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; NUCLEAR ENERGY;

DISTILLED WATER;

REACTOR CORES;

EID: 0036914155     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT02-A3338     Document Type: Article

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