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The technology of micro heat pipe cooled reactor: A review
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In this paper, the development and technologies of micro heat pipe cooled reactor are overviewed, and difficulties and challenges need to be overcome in the future, including heat pipe cascading failure, fuel enrichment, structure integrity, machining, monolithic thermal stress, inspection and qualification, etc.About:
This article is published in Annals of Nuclear Energy.The article was published on 2020-01-01. It has received 88 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Nuclear reactor core & Heat pipe.read more
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The Low-Enriched Uranium Core Design of a Mw Heat Pipe Cooled Reactor
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New method for the determination of convective heat transfer coefficient in fully-developed laminar pipe flow
Ji-Yuan Lin,Yongxing Hong,Jun Lu +2 more
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New method for the determination of convective heat transfer coefficient in fully-developed laminar pipe flow
Ji-Yuan Lin,Yongxing Hong,Jun Lu +2 more
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Molecular Dynamics Study on the Wettability of the Lithium Droplet and Tungsten Surface.
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors used molecular dynamics simulations to study the wettability of lithium and tungsten, and they found that the surface energy barrier and evaporation control the static contact angle with increasing temperature.
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Preliminary lightweight core design analysis of a micro‐transportable gas‐cooled thermal reactor
TL;DR: In this article , a lightweight core design for a micro-transportable gas-cooled thermal reactor is discussed, where a moderator is introduced in the assembly design to help decrease the volume fraction of the fuel inventory, and a reflector slider is used to control reactivity.
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TL;DR: The first law of thermodynamics -closed systems, control volumes, and the second law of entropy -a measure of disorder energy -are the properties of pure substances of high-speed fluid flow as mentioned in this paper.
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Heat Pipe Science And Technology
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a detailed analysis of non-conventional heat pipe properties, including variable conductance heat pipes, and their properties in terms of heat transfer and mass transfer.
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Heat Pipes: Theory, Design and Applications
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TL;DR: The Heat Pipes 6th Edition as discussed by the authors is an essential guide for practicing engineers and an ideal text for postgraduate students, taking a highly practical approach to the design and selection of heat pipes.