RETRACTED: Numerical Assessment of Prandtl Number Effect on Transient Heat Flux Distribution Imposed on Nuclear Reactor Pressure Vessel by Application of PECM in a Volumetrically Heated Molten Pool

Mohammad Khan

Division of Nuclear Power Safety, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Alba Nova University Center, Stockholm, Sweden.

DOI: 10.4236/eng.2019.118035                

Abstract

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Keywords

Phase Change Effective Convectivity Model (PECM), Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), User Defined Function (UDF)

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