Unsteady aspects of sodium-water-air reaction

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 633-639

  Carnevali, Sofia ^a,c   Proust, Christophe ^b,c   Soucille, Michel ^a  

^a DIF   (France)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES INERIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Explosion; Safety; Sodium water reaction; Vapour explosion

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL CONDITIONS; EXOTHERMAL REACTION; MODELLING STRATEGIES; NON-REACTIVE SPECIES; PHYSICAL APPROACHES; REACTION WITH WATERS; SODIUM FAST REACTORS; SODIUM-WATER REACTION;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; EXPLOSIONS; FAST REACTORS; VAPORS;

SODIUM;

EID: 84878012032     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2013.02.005     Document Type: Article

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