3D CFD analysis of subcooled flow boiling heat transfer with hypervapotron configurations for ITER first wall designs

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 85, Issue 7-9, 2010, Pages 1348-1353

  Ying, A ^a   Zhang, H ^a   Youchison, D ^b   Ulrickson, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

First wall technology; ITER; Modeling

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS EQUATION; THERMONUCLEAR REACTIONS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; FIRST WALL; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; HIGH HEAT FLUX REMOVAL; ITER; REYNOLDS-AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES; SUBCOOLED FLOW BOILING; VOLUMETRIC FLOW RATE;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 79955481499     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2010.03.040     Document Type: Conference Paper

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