Enhanced natural convection in a metal layer cooled by boiling water

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 313-324

  Cho, Jae Seon ^a,c   Suh, Kune Y ^a   Chung, Chang Hyun ^a   Park, Rae Joon ^b   Kim, Sang Baik ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Metal pool; Natural convection; Severe accident

Indexed keywords

BOILING WATER REACTORS; COOLING; CORRELATION METHODS; LIQUID METALS; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRANDTL NUMBER; SOLIDIFICATION;

METAL POOL; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SEVERE ACCIDENT;

NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS;

EID: 11244258464     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT04-A3569     Document Type: Article

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