Non-uniform flow distribution in the steam generator U-tubes of a pressurized water reactor plant during single- and two-phase natural circulations

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 231, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 303-314

  Jeong, Jae Jun ^a   Hwang, Moonkyu ^a   Lee, Young Jin ^a   Chung, Bub Dong ^a  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLANTS; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; PIPE FLOW; PRESSURE DROP; STEAM GENERATORS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

FLOW DISTRIBUTION; MASS FLOW RATES; NATURAL CIRCULATIONS; U-TUBE STEAM GENERATORS (UTSG);

PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS;

EID: 3042794970     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2004.02.002     Document Type: Article

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