Estimate of the chimney maximum temperature and flow rate during the Pile 1 fire, Windscale, October 1957

Journal of the Energy Institute

Volumn 77, Issue 513, 2004, Pages 76-81

  Weerasekara, N S ^b   Garland, J A ^b   Lockwood, F C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; BURNING CHANNELS; CHIMNEY PLUME; FLOW RATE; FUEL CHANNELS; FUEL COMBUSTION;

CHIMNEYS; COMBUSTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIRES; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; RADIOISOTOPES; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL PLUMES;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 15844401576     PISSN: 01442600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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