Experimental Investigation of the Heat Transfer Characteristics and Operation Limits of a Fork-Type Heat Pipe for Passive Cooling of a Spent Fuel Pool
A fork-type heat pipe (FHP) is a passive heat-transport and air-cooling device used to remove the decay heat of spent nuclear fuels stored in a liquid pool during a station blackout. FHPs have a unique geometrical design to resolve the significant mismatch between the convective heat transfer coeffi...
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Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2021-11-01
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Series: | Energies |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/23/7862 |