Design and optimization of a multistage turbine for helium cooled reactor

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 238, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3136-3144

  Van den Braembussche, R A ^a   Brouckaert, J F ^a   Paniagua, G ^a   Briottet, L ^b  

^a VON KARMAN INSTITUTE FOR FLUID DYNAMICS   (Belgium)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ENGINES; GAS DYNAMICS; GAS TURBINES; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HELIUM; INERT GASES; INVERSE PROBLEMS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; NEURAL NETWORKS; NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING; NUCLEAR PROPULSION; NUCLEAR REACTORS; OPTIMIZATION; RADIOACTIVITY; SENSOR NETWORKS; STAGES; TURBINES;

AERODYNAMIC DESIGNS; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CLOSED-CYCLE; DEGREES OF FREEDOM; DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION; DESIGN SYSTEMS; DETAILED DESIGN; FLOW ANALYSIS; FLOW LOSSES; FLOW PARAMETERS; HELIUM COOLING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INVERSE METHOD; LOAD DISTRIBUTIONS; MULTISTAGE TURBINE; NAVIER - STOKES; NAVIER-STOKES SOLVERS; PERFORMANCE LIMITS; PERFORMANCE PREDICTIONS; RELATIVE FLOW; ROTATIONAL SPEEDS; ROTOR DYNAMICS; STATOR VANES; TURBINE ROTORS; TURBINE STAGES; TWO-LEVEL OPTIMIZATION; VELOCITY VARIATIONS; VON KARMAN;

DESIGN;

EID: 53949090582     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2008.01.024     Document Type: Article

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