Computational modelling of the HyperVapotron cooling technique

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1647-1661

  Milnes, Joseph ^a   Burns, Alan ^b,c   Drikakis, Dimitris ^d  

^a CULHAM SCIENCE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c ANSYS INC   (United States)

^d CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boiling; Computational Fluid Dynamics; Heat transfer; High Heat Flux; HyperVapotron; Multiphase; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

BOILING HEAT TRANSFER; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SOFTWARE; COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; CONFINED FUSION; COOLING TECHNIQUE; CURRENT GENERATION; CUSTOMISATION; DESIGN IMPROVEMENTS; ENGINEERING MODELS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FUSION RESEARCH; GRID RESOLUTION; HEAT TRANSFER CAPABILITY; HIGH HEAT FLUX; HYPERVAPOTRONS; IN-DEPTH STUDY; INTERNAL FINS; INTERNAL HEAT TRANSFER; MULTIPHASE; MULTIPHASE MODEL; NEAR-WALL; REYNOLDS AVERAGED NAVIER STOKES; STEADY STATE; SUBMODELS; TEST PROGRAMMES; VIRTUAL PROTOTYPING; WATER-COOLED DEVICES;

BOILING LIQUIDS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS; FUSION REACTORS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; THERMONUCLEAR REACTIONS; TURBULENCE; TURBULENCE MODELS;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 84865975692     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2012.06.014     Document Type: Article

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