Enhanced thermal conductivity for LWR fuel

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-72

  Khan, Jamil A ^a   Knight, Travis W ^a   Pakala, Sujan B ^a   Jiang, W E I ^a   Fang, Rulxian ^a   Tulenko, James S ^b  

^a University of South Carolina   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Enhanced effective thermal conductivity; Nuclear fuel; Uranium dioxide and silicon carbide

Indexed keywords

FUELS; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT TRANSFER; LIGHT WATER REACTORS; NUCLEAR FUELS; POLYNOMIALS; SILICON CARBIDE; URANIUM; URANIUM CARBIDE; URANIUM DIOXIDE;

EFFECTIVE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; ENHANCED THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; FINITE VOLUME APPROACH; HEAT TRANSFER MECHANISM; PRELIMINARY APPROACH; SILICON CARBIDES (SIC); TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 76349085449     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT10-A9343     Document Type: Article

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