Experimental thermohydraulic stability map of a Freon-12 boiling water reactor facility with high exit friction

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 229, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 75-80

  De Kruijf, W J M ^a   Sengstag, T ^a   De Haas, D W ^a   Van der Hagen, T H J J ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDWATER ANALYSIS; FREONS; FRICTION; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PRESSURE DROP; WAVE PROPAGATION;

COMPUTER CODES; DENSITY WAVES; THERMOHYDRAULIC STABILITY;

BOILING WATER REACTORS;

EID: 1242276091     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2003.12.008     Document Type: Article

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