Studies of the deteriorated turbulent heat transfer regime for the gas-cooled fast reactor decay heat removal system

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 237, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1033-1045

  Lee, Jeong Ik ^a   Hejzlar, Pavel ^a   Saha, Pradip ^a   Kazimi, Mujid S ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; FAST REACTORS; FORCED CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; LOSS OF COOLANT ACCIDENTS; PRANDTL NUMBER; REYNOLDS EQUATION;

BUOYANCY EFFECT; DECAY HEAT REMOVAL (DHR); GAS COOLED FAST REACTOR (GFR); THERMAL INERTIA;

GAS COOLED REACTORS;

EID: 34247107172     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2007.01.003     Document Type: Article

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