Advances in Heat Transfer (eBook)

Front Cover 1
Advances in Heat Transfer, Volume 29 4
Copyright Page 5
Contents 6
Contributors 10
Preface 12
Chapter 1. Heat Transfer from Heat-Generating Pools and Particulate Beds 14
I. Introduction 14
II. Molten Pool Heat Transfer 16
III. Dryout Heat Flux 47
IV. Summary 66
References 68
Chapter 2. Hydrogen Combustion and Its Application to Nuclear Reactor Safety 72
I. Introduction 72
II. Combustion Parameters 75
III. Fast Flames and Detonations 99
IV. Application to Severe Accident Analysis 115
V. Recommendations 131
VI. Concluding Remarks 135
References 136
Chapter 3. Heat Transfer and Fluid Dynamic Aspects of Explosive Melt-Water Interactions 142
I. Introduction 142
II. Description of the Explosion Process 145
III. A Very Brief History 148
IV. Premixing 160
V. Triggering 175
VI. Propagation 185
VII. Combined Thermal–Chemical Explosions 204
VIII. Integral Explosion Assessments 209
IX. Appendix: Formulation of the ESPROSE.m Field Model 212
References 219
Chapter 4. Heat Transfer During Direct Containment Heating 232
I. Introduction 232
II. DCH Integral Database 236
III. Overview of Modeling Tools 249
IV. Discharge Phenomena 265
V. Cavity Dispersal Phenomena 273
VI. Transport Phenomena 292
VII. Chemical and Thermal Interactions of Debris with Gas 298
VIII. Hydrogen Combustion 314
IX. Heat Transfer to Structures 325
X. Impact of Water on DCH 329
XI. DCH in Pressure-Suppression Containments 341
XII. Closure 346
References 351
Index 362
Sources for Locating and Obtaining Documents 370