Melt quenching and coolability by water injection from below: Co-injection of water and non-condensable gas

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 236, Issue 19-21, 2006, Pages 2296-2303

  Cho, Dae H ^a   Page, Richard J ^a   Abdulla, Sherif H ^b   Anderson, Mark H ^c   Klockow, Helge B ^b   Corradini, Michael L ^c  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; MIXING; QUENCHING; SPACE DEBRIS; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS; WATER COOLED REACTORS;

ADVANCED LIGHT WATER REACTOR (ALWR); INTERFACIAL TRANSPORT PHENOMENA; NON-CONDENSABLE GAS; SAFETY ASSESSMENT;

WATER INJECTION;

EID: 33746586065     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2006.03.052     Document Type: Article

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