A model for solid bubbles formation in melt-coolant interaction

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 52, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 1085-1093

  Dombrovsky, Leonid A ^a  

^a JOINT INSTITUTE FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Bubbles; Corium; Fuel coolant interaction; Hollow particles; Melt droplet; Solidification

Indexed keywords

COOLANTS; CORE MELTDOWN; CRYSTALLIZATION; DROP FORMATION; DROPS; ENERGY CONVERSION; NUCLEAR PROPULSION; NUCLEAR REACTORS; SOLIDIFICATION;

BUBBLES; CORIUM; HOLLOW PARTICLES; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; MELT DROPLET; OXIDE MELTS; PHYSICAL MODELS; PROBLEM PARAMETERS; QUALITATIVE AGREEMENTS; SEVERE ACCIDENTS; SOLID PARTICLES; WATER POOLS;

FLOW INTERACTIONS;

EID: 58149488978     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2008.09.024     Document Type: Article

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