Theoretical modeling of condensation of steam outside different vertical geometries (tube, flat plates) in the presence of noncondensable gases like air and helium

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 238, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2328-2340

  Ganguli, Arijit ^a   Patel, A G ^b   Maheshwari, N K ^b   Pandit, A B ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; COOLANTS; HELIUM; INERT GASES; LOSS OF COOLANT ACCIDENTS; NUCLEAR PROPULSION; NUCLEAR REACTORS;

ADVANCED NUCLEAR REACTORS; FLAT PLATES; LOSS-OF-COOLANT ACCIDENT (LOCA); MASS FRACTIONS; NON CONDENSABLE GAS (NCG);

STEAM CONDENSERS;

EID: 48349141166     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2008.02.016     Document Type: Article

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