Critical heat flux prediction for water boiling in vertical tubes of a steam generator

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 179-188

  Payan Rodriguez, L A ^a   Gallegos Munoz A ^a   Porras Loaiza, G L ^b   Picon Nunez M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES ELÉCTRICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Boiling in vertical tubes; Critical heat flux prediction; Steam generator

Indexed keywords

BOILING LIQUIDS; CORRELATION METHODS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRAULICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RELIABILITY; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

BOILING IN VERTICAL TUBES; CRITICAL HEAT FLUX PREDICTION; CRITICAL WALL TEMPERATURE (CWT); FRICTION VELOCITY;

STEAM GENERATORS;

EID: 9244239203     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2004.05.003     Document Type: Article

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