Computational fluid dynamics modeling of two-phase flow topologies in a boiling water reactor fuel assembly

International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, Proceedings, ICONE

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages 430-440

  Tentner, Adrian ^a   Lo, Simon ^b   Splawski, Andrew ^b   Loilev, Andrey ^c   Melnikov, Vladimir ^c   Samigulin, Maskhud ^c   Ustinenko, Vasily ^c   Melnikova, Sufia ^d  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^c RUSSIAN FEDERAL NUCLEAR CENTER VNIIEF   (Russian Federation)

^d Sarov Laboratories   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOILING WATER; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELING; COMPUTER CODES; ENERGY EXCHANGES; EXPERIMENT ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; FLOW REGIMES; FUEL ASSEMBLY; LOCAL TOPOLOGY; OPERATING CONDITION; PHASE SURFACE; SURFACE TOPOLOGY; VAPOR PHASIS;

BOILING WATER REACTORS; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUID DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; TOPOLOGY; TWO PHASE FLOW; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 70349155497     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ICONE16-48442     Document Type: Conference Paper

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