Counter-current flow limitations during hot leg injection in pressurized water reactors

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 235, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 785-804

  Gargallo, M ^a   Schulenberg, T ^a   Meyer, L ^a   Laurien, E ^b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW RATES; FROUDE NUMBER; HOT LEG INJECTION; KINEMATIC VISCOSITY;

COOLANTS; FRICTION; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; KINEMATICS; MIXTURES; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PRESSURE VESSELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STEAM GENERATORS; VISCOSITY;

PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS;

EID: 11844302170     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2004.11.002     Document Type: Article

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