CFD modelling of subcooled boiling-Concept, validation and application to fuel assembly design

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 237, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 716-731

  Krepper, Eckhard ^a   Končar, Bostjan ^b   Egorov, Yury ^c  

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

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^c ANSYS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; HEAT FLUX; VAPORS; VOLUME FRACTION; WALL FLOW;

FUEL ASSEMBLY DESIGN; SUBCOOLED BOILING; SUBCOOLED BOILING MODELS; WALL BOILING MODEL;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 33847265719     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2006.10.023     Document Type: Article

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