An experimental study on quenching of a radially stratified heated porous bed

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 236, Issue 19-21, 2006, Pages 2189-2198

  Nayak, Arun K ^a   Sehgal, Bal Raj ^a   Stepanyan, Armen V ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; LIGHT WATER REACTORS; QUENCHING; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; SPACE DEBRIS; STRATIGRAPHY;

CONDENSABLE GASES; HEATED PARTICULATE BED; SAND BED; WATER COLUMN;

POROUS MATERIALS;

EID: 33746601735     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2006.03.057     Document Type: Article

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