Off-take and slug transition at t-junction of vertical-up branch in the horizontal pipe

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 317-324

  Moon, Young Min ^a   No, Hee Cheon ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Branch flow; Liquid entrainment; Mid loop operation; Off take; Scaling analysis; Slugging

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; LOSS OF COOLANT ACCIDENTS; PIPE; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

HORIZONTAL PIPES;

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

EID: 0037780508     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/18811248.2003.9715361     Document Type: Article

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