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A Criterion for Predicting Thermal Stratification Due to High-Pressure Injection in a Circulating Reactor Loop

H. P. Nourbakhsh, T. G. Theofanous

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 94 / Number 1 / September 1986 / Pages 77-79

Technical Note / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE86-A17119

A physically based criterion for predicting thermal stratification due to high-pressure injection in the presence of loop flow is presented. The predictions are consistent with the CREARE 1/5 scale, CREARE 1/2 scale, and HDR test results.