Spray Cooling Investigation of TiO2–Water Nanofluids on a Hot Surface

YT Aksoy, H Cornelissen, P Eneren, MR Vetrano - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Spray cooling is a heat transfer technology that has already shown its advantages and
limitations. There has been increasing interest from academia and industry in combining this …

Modeling of particle cloud dispersion in compressible gas flows with shock waves

G Gai, O Thomine, A Hadjadj, S Kudriakov - Physics of Fluids, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
The effect of shock waves on the dispersion characteristics of a particle cloud is investigated
both numerically and analytically. A one-dimensional analytical model is developed for the …

Characterization of the full cone pressure swirl spray nozzles for the nuclear reactor containment spray system

M Jain, B John, KN Iyer, SV Prabhu - Nuclear Engineering and Design, 2014 - Elsevier
The objective of the present study is to characterize a full cone pressure swirl nozzle for the
Containment Spray System (CSS) of Indian Pressurized heavy Water reactors (IPHWR). The …

Industrial-scale experimental study of internal-mixing air-blast nozzle for sludge atomization

C Yu, Y Cui, B Liu, Y Li, R Wang, C He, J Li… - Drying …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The atomization of sewage sludge is a key step in its drying process. This study conducts an
industrial-scale experimental study to investigate the performance of a self-developed …

Two-way Eulerian-Lagrangian coupling approach in GASFLOW code for containment spray modelling

F Wang, J Xiao, T Jordan - Nuclear Engineering and Design, 2023 - Elsevier
Spray droplets are considered to have significant effects on the gas mixing and
depressurization in the containment of nuclear power plants during hypothetical accident …

Numerical study on laminar flame velocity of hydrogen-air combustion under water spray effects

G Gai, S Kudriakov, B Rogg, A Hadjadj, E Studer… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
In the context of hydrogen safety and explosions in hydrogen-oxygen systems, numerical
simulations of laminar, premixed, hydrogen/air flames propagating freely into a spray of …

Influence of spray characteristics on local light gas mixing in nuclear containment reactor applications

J Malet, X Huang - Computers & Fluids, 2015 - Elsevier
The action of spray on the mixing of different gases is used in numerous industrial
applications, such as the chemical industry or the nuclear containment. The present paper …

Achievements of spray activities in nuclear reactor containments during the last decade

J Malet, Z Parduba, S Mimouni, J Travis - Annals of Nuclear Energy, 2014 - Elsevier
During the course of a severe accident in a nuclear power plants, spray systems are used in
the containment in order to prevent overpressure and to wash-out fission products. Spray …

[HTML][HTML] The Preventive Methodology: A priori modification of the containment geometry to boost the computational efficiency of GOTHIC 3D models

C Vázquez-Rodríguez, G Jiménez… - … Engineering and Design, 2025 - Elsevier
Historically, the deterministic safety analysis simulations for large dry containments of
operating nuclear power plants have been done with nuclear legacy codes using the …

Extension of droplet/aerosol heat transfer model coupling Lagrangian approach in containment atmosphere under severe accident

F Wang, J Xiao, T Jordan - Annals of Nuclear Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Spray droplet dynamics are expected to significantly affect steam condensation, droplet
evaporation, and global gas mixing in the containment atmosphere. During severe …