Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations
Volume 2008 (2008), Article ID 458316, 11 pages
doi:10.1155/2008/458316
Research Article

Effect of Coolant Inventories and Parallel Loop Interconnections on the Natural Circulation in Various Heat Transport Systems of a Nuclear Power Plant during Station Blackout

Avinash J. Gaikwad,1 P. K. Vijayan,2 Sharad Bhartya,3 Kannan Iyer,4 Rajesh Kumar,1 A. D. Contractor,1 H. G. Lele,1 S. F. Vhora,5 A. K. Maurya,5 A. K. Ghosh,1 and H. S. Kushwaha1

1Reactor Safety Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai 400085, India
2Reactor Engineering Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai 400085, India
3Chemical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Powai, Mumbai 400076, India
4Mechanical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Powai, Mumbai 400076, India
5Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL), NUB, Anushaktinagar, Mumbai 400094, India

Received 21 June 2007; Accepted 25 January 2008

Academic Editor: Dilip Saha

Copyright © 2008 Avinash J. Gaikwad et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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