A study on the effect of gas flow rate on the wave characteristics in two-phase gas-liquid annular flow

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 236, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 2580-2588

  Han, Huawei ^a   Zhu, Zhenfeng ^b   Gabriel, Kamiel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOILING WATER REACTORS; FOG; GAS DYNAMICS; PHASE INTERFACES;

ANNULAR FLOW; GAS FLOW RATE; INTERFACIAL WAVES; WAVE SPACING;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 33751021692     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2006.03.015     Document Type: Article

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