A review on clogging of recirculating steam generators in Pressurized-Water Reactors

G Yang, V Pointeau, E Tevissen, A Chagnes - Progress in Nuclear Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Corrosion product deposits in the secondary side of nuclear power plant steam generators
may result in Tube Support Plate (TSP) clogging and tube fouling. Magnetite has an inverse …

Migration–deposition coupling characteristics and influence of corrosion products on heat transfer in steam generators

D Mu, M Wang, J Zhang, W Tian, S Qiu… - Applied Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
Fouling on tube surfaces degrades the heat transfer characteristics of heat exchangers. The
objective of this study was to predict the distribution of deposits on the surface of heat …

Thermal-hydraulic optimization of a steam generator by entropy generation minimization and genetic algorithm method

M Salari, S Talebi, M Khalvandi - Progress in Nuclear Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
From the review of literature conducted in recent years, it has become clear that, despite
extensive studies to obtain optimal parameters for a variety of thermodynamic systems and …

Experimental investigations on single-phase convection and steam-water two-phase flow boiling in a vertical rod bundle

K Zhang, YD Hou, WX Tian, YQ Fan, GH Su… - … Thermal and Fluid …, 2017 - Elsevier
Single-phase convective heat transfer and steam-water two-phase flow boiling heat transfer
experiments have been carried out with a vertical seven-rod bundle at low flow conditions …

CFD simulation of conjugated heat transfer with full boiling in OpenFOAM (R)

DM Godino, SF Corzo, DE Ramajo - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …

Thermal hydraulic simulation of the steam generator under fast transient events

DM Godino, SF Corzo, DE Ramajo - Annals of Nuclear Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
A multidomain computational procedure was applied to model the RD-14M steam generator.
It was based on the two-fluid Eulerian approach to model the water–steam flow, the blending …

Studies on the subcooled boiling in a fuel assembly with 5 by 5 rods using an improved wall boiling model

T Cong, R Zhang, L Chen, X Zhang, T Yu - Annals of Nuclear Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
An improved wall boiling model with consideration of thin film heat transfer was employed
with the Eulerian two-fluid model to investigate the three-dimensional flow boiling …

Experimental study on sub-cooled flow boiling heat transfer characteristics in non-uniform heating tube bundle channel

Z Li, J Cheng, X Zhou, X Zeng, X Cao, G Fan - International Journal of Heat …, 2021 - Elsevier
Since the primary coolant temperature decreases along the U-tube, so the secondary side
fluid in the steam generator tubes will receive non-uniform heating (NUH) from the primary …

Thermal-hydraulic analysis of once-through steam generator with annular narrow slot tube

J Han, W He, Y Liu, C Zhao, H Bo - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2025 - Elsevier
Integrated small modular reactors (SMR) have garnered significant attention in the field of
nuclear energy, with the high-performance integrated steam generator being a critical …

Non-equilibrium overlapping grid method with two-phase porous media model for printed circuit heat exchanger based steam generator

Z Tang, S He, N Li, M Zeng, X Yan, Q Wang… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The printed circuit heat exchanger (PCHE) is a promising alternative for the once-through
steam generator (OTSG) of small modular reactors due to its compact structure and high …