Blistering is a unique failure form of plate fuel elements. During the long-term operation of
the plate fuel element with dispersed fuel, the phenomenon of the local blister on the …

Phase change is a phenomenon that has been extensively utilized in chemical engineering,
energy, electronics, vehicle, and space exploration. From both the science and engineering …

Constructal design of high heat flux two-stacked horizontal microchannel heat sinks are
presented for cooling of electronic devices. Using ANSYS Computational Fluid Dynamics …

Cladding blistering of plate fuel element is one of the common accidents in the operation of
research reactor. At present, there was little research on coolant flow boiling under blister …

This paper is aimed to investigate the effectiveness of innovative nanostructured surfaces in
terms of heat transfer and evaporation rate enhancement during the pool boiling process of …

CFD method enables high-fidelity investigation of complex systems. Numerous sensitivity
studies on boiling sub-models improve the applicability and reliability of the multiphase-CFD …

Abstract The Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation of subcooled and saturated
boiling flow with multi-domain thermal coupling is a challenge, and the current methods to …

A series of tests are performed for subcooled boiling heat transfer characteristics of water in
narrow rectangular channels. The channel sizes are 50 mm× 3 mm× 1000 mm, 60 mm× 3 …

The helical structure of the petal-shape fuel element results in a high heat transfer
performance. Therefore, it is crucial to analyze its thermal–hydraulic characteristics …

Recent advancements in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) have triggered research in the
field of heat exchangers. Driven by the need to decrease the size of heat exchangers, many …