Review of research on flow instabilities in natural circulation boiling systems

Progress in Nuclear Energy

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 429-451

  Durga Prasad, Gonella V ^a   Pandey, Manmohan ^a   Kalra, Manjeet S ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Boiling channels; Boiling water reactor; Flow instabilities; Natural circulation; Thermal hydraulics; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

BOILER CIRCULATION; BOILING LIQUIDS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HYDRAULICS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SAFETY FACTOR;

BOILING CHANNELS; FLOW INSTABILITIES; NATURAL CIRCULATION; NEUTRONICS THERMAL HYDRAULICS COUPLING; THERMAL HYDRAULICS;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 35148817983     PISSN: 01491970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnucene.2007.06.002     Document Type: Review

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