Void fraction and flow regime in adiabatic upward two-phase flow in large diameter vertical pipes

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 239, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2864-2874

  Schlegel, J P ^a   Sawant, P ^a   Paranjape, S ^a   Ozar, B ^a   Hibiki, T ^a   Ishii, M ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIAL LOCATIONS; CHURN FLOW; CUMULATIVE PROBABILITIES; DATA SETS; ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE; FLOW REGIME MAP; FLOW REGIMES; IN-PIPE; KEY PARAMETERS; KOHONEN; LARGE DIAMETER; LIQUID VELOCITIES; NATURAL CIRCULATION; NUCLEAR REACTOR DESIGN; SELF-ORGANIZED MAP; SMALL PIPES; SUPERFICIAL GAS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VERTICAL PIPES; VERTICAL TUBE; VOID FRACTION MEASUREMENT;

FLOW OF WATER; FLUID DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR PROPULSION; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PIPE; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; TWO PHASE FLOW;

VOID FRACTION;

EID: 70449644145     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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