A criterion for predicting thermal stratification due to high-pressure injection in a circulating reactor loop

Journal Article · Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1986 · Nucl. Sci. Eng.; (United States)

OSTI ID:7071912

Nourbakhsh, H P; Theofanous, T G

A physically based criterion for predicting thermal stratification due to high-pressure injection in the presence of loop flow is presented. The predictions are consistent with the CREARE 1/5 scale, CREARE 1/2 scale, and HDR test results.

• Research Organization: Purdue Univ., School of Nuclear Engineering, West Lafayette, IN 47907
• OSTI ID: 7071912
• Journal Information: Nucl. Sci. Eng.; (United States), Vol. 94:1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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