Numerical computation of heat transfer enhancement of a PWR rod bundle with mixing vane spacers

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-79

  In, Wang Kee ^a   Chun, Tae Hyun ^a   Shin, Chang Hwan ^a   Oh, Dong Seok ^a  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Heat transfer enhancement; Mixing vane; Rod bundle

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; NUSSELT NUMBER; VORTEX FLOW;

MIXING VANE; ROD BUNDLE; THERMAL-HYDRAULIC PERFORMANCE;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 38549160518     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT08-A3914     Document Type: Article

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