Engineering design elements of a two-phase thermosyphon for the purpose of transferring NGNP thermal energy to a hydrogen plant

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 239, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2293-2301

  Sabharwall, Piyush ^a   Gunnerson, Fred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING DESIGN; ENHANCED EFFICIENCY; EVAPORATION AND CONDENSATION; GRAVITATIONAL FORCES; HEAT AND ELECTRICITY; HEAT TRANSPORT; HIGH RATE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE STEAM ELECTROLYSIS; HYDROGEN PLANTS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION PROCESS; IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORIES; MEGAWATT THERMALS; NEXT GENERATION NUCLEAR PLANTS; PROCESS HEAT; SULFUR-IODINE PROCESS; THERMO-CHEMICAL; THERMOSYPHONS; TWO-PHASE HEAT TRANSFER; TWO-PHASE THERMOSYPHON; WORKING FLUID;

ALKALI METALS; ALKALINITY; CAPILLARY FLOW; ELECTROLYSIS; GAS PRODUCERS; GRAVITATION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; HIGH TEMPERATURE ENGINEERING; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; IODINE; SIPHONS; SULFUR;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

EID: 70349319848     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2009.06.022     Document Type: Article

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