Nuclear Reactor Safety : Volume 29: Heat Transfer in Nuclear Reactor Safety

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Front Cover; Advances in Heat Transfer, Volume 29; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. Heat Transfer from Heat-Generating Pools and Particulate Beds; I. Introduction; II. Molten Pool Heat Transfer; III. Dryout Heat Flux; IV. Summary; References; Chapter 2. Hydrogen Combustion and Its Application to Nuclear Reactor Safety; I. Introduction; II. Combustion Parameters; III. Fast Flames and Detonations; IV. Application to Severe Accident Analysis; V. Recommendations; VI. Concluding Remarks; References. Chapter 3. Heat Transfer and Fluid Dynamic Aspects of Explosive Melt-Water InteractionsI. Introduction; II. Description of the Explosion Process; III. A Very Brief History; IV. Premixing; V. Triggering; VI. Propagation; VII. Combined Thermal-Chemical Explosions; VIII. Integral Explosion Assessments; IX. Appendix: Formulation of the ESPROSE.m Field Model; References; Chapter 4. Heat Transfer During Direct Containment Heating; I. Introduction; II. DCH Integral Database; III. Overview of Modeling Tools; IV. Discharge Phenomena; V. Cavity Dispersal Phenomena; VI. Transport Phenomena. VII. Chemical and Thermal Interactions of Debris with GasVIII. Hydrogen Combustion; IX. Heat Transfer to Structures; X. Impact of Water on DCH; XI. DCH in Pressure-Suppression Containments; XII. Closure; References; Index; Sources for Locating and Obtaining Documents