The experimental study on mixing characteristics in a square subchannel geometry with typical flow deflectors

Heat Transfer Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 695-703

  Chang, Seok Kyu ^a   Moon, Sang Ki ^a   Baek, Won Pil ^a   Chun, Tae Hyun ^a  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; MIXING; RHENIUM; TESTING;

AXIAL VELOCITY; BUNDLE SIZE; COLD TESTING; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLOW CHARACTERISTICS; LATERAL FLOWS; LATERAL VELOCITIES; LOOP FACILITY; MEASUREMENT DATA; MIXING CHARACTERISTICS; MIXING VANES; NORMAL PRESSURE; ROD BUNDLES; SUB CHANNELS; SUB-CHANNELS; TWO TYPES; TWO-COLOR;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 46149093981     PISSN: 01457632     EISSN: 15210537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01457630801981564     Document Type: Conference Paper

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