Heat Pipe Applications in Fission Driven Nuclear Power Plants

• Main Author: Zohuri, Bahman (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Energy systems.; Thermodynamics.; Heat engineering.; Heat transfer.; Mass transfer.; Nuclear energy.; Energy Systems.; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer.; Nuclear Energy.

This book presents a new and innovative approach for the use of heat pipes and their application in a number of industrial scenarios, including space and nuclear power plants. The book opens by describing the heat pipe and its concept, including sizing, composition and binding energies. It contains...