Browsing by Subject "Thermal Hydraulics"
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(Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)A new correlation for the prediction of the Countercurrent Flow Limitation (CCFL) in a large diameter tube with a falling water lm is proposed. Dierent from previous correlations, it predicts the onset of ooding by ...
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(2022-12-01)Hexagonal rod bundles arranged in a tightly packed triangular lattice are the subject of extensive investigation for their applications related to energy conversion. Liquid metal fast reactors (LMFRs) and gas-cooled fast ...
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(2016-04-08)A series of air/water and steam/water flooding experiments were conducted to study the effects of pressure and inlet water flow rate on flooding conditions in a large diameter vertical tube. Flooding is defined as the ...
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(2014-12-15)This thesis work involves the use of the RELAP5-3D thermal hydraulic code to model flow for a typical pressurized water reactor (PWR). A model using several three-dimensional components was created to accurately predict ...
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(2023-03-30)A computational fluid dynamics investigation was conducted to evaluate the thermal-hydraulic behavior within a molten salt nuclear core for a given heat generation profile. The entry length behavior, maximum temperature, ...
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(2018-08-01)Due to their large surface area to volume ration, low density, and high strength structure, aluminum metal foams offer a promising application for heat exchangers. One significant design challenge of aluminum foam heat ...