Steam bubble condensation in sub-cooled water in case of co-current vertical pipe flow

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 237, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 497-508

  Lucas, Dirk ^a   Prasser, Horst Michael ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; NOZZLES; PIPE FLOW; SENSORS; STEAM;

BUBBLE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; STEAM-WATER FLOW;

CONDENSATION;

EID: 33846841044     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2006.09.004     Document Type: Article

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