Validation of CFD-BWR, a new two-phase computational fluid dynamics model for boiling water reactor analysis

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 238, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 660-670

  Ustinenko, V ^a   Samigulin, M ^a   Ioilev, A ^a   Lo, S ^b   Tentner, A ^c   Lychagin, A ^d   Razin, A ^d   Girin, V ^d   Vanyukov, Ye ^d  

^a RUSSIAN FEDERAL NUCLEAR CENTER VNIIEF   (Russian Federation)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Sarov Laboratories   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELECTRIC REACTORS;

BOILING WATER REACTOR ANALYSIS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 39149141391     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2007.02.046     Document Type: Article

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