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Title: Analysis and Measurement of Bubble Dynamics and Associated Flow Field in Subcooled Nucleate Boiling Flows

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/951327· OSTI ID:951327

In recent years, subooled nucleate boiling (SNB) has attrcted expanding research interest owing to the emergence of axial offset anomaly (AOA) or crud-induced power shigt (CIPS) in many operating US PWRs, which is an unexpected deviation in the core axial power distribution from the predicted power curves. Research indicates that the formation of the crud, which directly leads to AOA phenomena, results from the presence of the subcooled nucleate boiling, and is especially realted to bubble motion occurring in the core region.

Research Organization:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign/ Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FG07-04ID14601
OSTI ID:
951327
Report Number(s):
DOE/ID/14601; TRN: US0902215
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English