Published 1983 | Version v1
Journal article

The modeling of heat transfer in a degraded BWR core

  • 1. Department of Nuclear Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

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This paper presents a degraded BWR core heat transfer model for the analysis of accidents leading to core meltdown. The model accounts for conduction, radiation and convection heat transfer, and evaluates such nodal quantities as the regional temperatures and/or melting rates of the fuel, clad, channel boxes and control rods, the zinc and stainless steel oxidation, and the hydrogen generation rates

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIChE Symp. Ser.
Journal Volume
79
Journal Issue
225
Series
AIChE Symp. Ser.
Journal Page Range
284-289
ISSN
0065-8812