Modelling heat transfer and dissolved species concentrations within PWR crud

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 241, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 155-162

  Haq, Inam Ul ^a   Cinosi, Nicolas ^a   Bluck, Michael ^a   Hewitt, Geoff ^a   Walker, Simon ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIAL OFFSET ANOMALIES; BULK VALUE; HIGH CONCENTRATION; METAL SURFACES; PWR FUEL; SATURATION TEMPERATURE; SPECIES CONCENTRATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL MODEL;

BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS;

AGGLOMERATION;

EID: 78650691810     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2010.10.018     Document Type: Article

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