CFD simulation of convective flow boiling of refrigerant in a vertical annulus

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 238, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 693-706

  Končar, Boštjan ^a   Krepper, Eckhard ^b  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VELOCITY;

TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; VERTICAL ANNULUS;

REFRIGERANTS;

EID: 39149088982     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2007.02.035     Document Type: Article

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