Two-phase computational fluid dynamics analysis of a hypervapotron heatsink for ITER first wall applications

Proceedings - Symposium on Fusion Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Youchison, D L ^a   Ulrickson, M A ^a   Bullock, J H ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Boiling; Computational fluid dynamics; First wall; Hypervapotron; Two phase

Indexed keywords

BACK CHANNELS; BASELINE DESIGN; BOILING; BOILING HEAT TRANSFER; COMMERCIAL CODES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS ANALYSIS; CONJUGATE HEAT TRANSFER; COOLING CONDITIONS; DESIGN-BY-ANALYSIS; EULERIAN; FIRST WALL; FIRST WALL PANELS; FLUENT SIMULATION; FLUID PROPERTY; HEAT LOADS; HEAT TRANSFER CORRELATION; HIGHER LOADS; HYPERVAPOTRON; HYPERVAPOTRONS; MULTIPHASE MODEL; PHASE PROBLEM; RADIAL TRANSPORT; STEAM TABLES; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; THERMAL-HYDRAULIC ANALYSIS; TOTAL LENGTH; TWO-PHASE; USER DEFINED FUNCTIONS; VAPOR BUBBLE; VOLUME OF FLUIDS; WALL HEAT FLUX; WIDE-SLOT;

DENTISTRY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT SINKS; HEAT TRANSFER; NUCLEATE BOILING; QUENCHING; SIMULATORS; WATER ANALYSIS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 70350708054     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/FUSION.2009.5226431     Document Type: Conference Paper

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