De-agglomeration mechanisms of TiO2 aerosol agglomerates in PWR steam generator tube rupture conditions

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 240, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2046-2053

  Lind, Terttaliisa ^a   Ammar, Yasmine ^a,b   Dehbi, Abdel ^a   Güntay, Salih ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL RELEASE; AEROSOL PARTICLES; AVERAGE PARTICLE SIZE; FLOW CONDITION; FLUID VELOCITIES; GAS MASS FLOW; HIGH FLOW VELOCITY; HIGH VELOCITY; HIGH-FLOW RATE; NUCLEAR AEROSOL; OPEN SPACE; OUTER DIAMETERS; PRIMARY PARTICLES; RADIOACTIVE AEROSOLS; REACTOR CONTAINMENT; SEVERE ACCIDENT; STEAM GENERATOR TUBE; STEAM GENERATOR TUBE RUPTURES; SUBRANGE; TEST SECTIONS; TIO; TURBULENT SHEAR STRESS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DESCALING; NUCLEAR PROPULSION; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STEAM; STEAM GENERATORS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

AGGLOMERATION;

EID: 77955277215     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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