Numerical simulation of liquid drop deposition in annular-mist flow regime of boiling water reactor

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 569-578

  Xie, Heng ^a   Koshizuka, Seiichi ^a   Oka, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Annular mist flow; BWR type reactors; Deposition; Droplet impingement; Mergence; MPS method; Numerical simulation; Splash

Indexed keywords

ANNULAR MIST FLOW; DROPLET IMPINGEMENT; MPS METHOD; SPLASH;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; DEPOSITION; DROP FORMATION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACE TENSION; VECTORS; VISCOSITY;

BOILING WATER REACTORS;

EID: 3142605193     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/18811248.2004.9715520     Document Type: Article

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