CHF enhancement by vessel coating for external reactor vessel cooling

Proceedings of the 2004 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants, ICAPP'04

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 973-984

  Yang, J ^a   Dizon, M B ^a   Cheung, F B ^a   Rempe, J L ^b   Suh, K Y ^c   Kim, S B ^d  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEADY STATE BOILING; SUBSCALE BOUNDARY LAYER BOILING (SBLB); VESSEL COATINGS; VESSEL COOLING;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGING OF MATERIALS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COOLING; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; LIGHT WATER REACTORS;

PRESSURE VESSELS;

EID: 14844322933     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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