Development of a fouling monitor for safety-related heat exchangers

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 238, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1295-1303

  Heo, Gyunyoung ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; FOULING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS;

AGING MANAGEMENT; PERIODIC SAFETY REVIEWS (PSR); SAFETY-RELATED HEAT EXCHANGERS;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 42249084218     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2007.10.009     Document Type: Article

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