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NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, Volume. 48, Issue 7, 070028(2025)

Heat transfer characteristics of liquid lead-bismuth eutectic coupled with supercritical carbon dioxide in a compact curved heat exchanger

Wencang GUO¹, Xianliang LEI^1、*, Xinyang GUO¹, Hongyun WANG¹, Haijun WANG¹, Fang CHEN², and Dawei CUI²

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¹Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710000, China

²China Nuclear Power Technology Research Institute Co., Ltd, Shenzhen 518000, China

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Wencang GUO, Xianliang LEI, Xinyang GUO, Hongyun WANG, Haijun WANG, Fang CHEN, Dawei CUI. Heat transfer characteristics of liquid lead-bismuth eutectic coupled with supercritical carbon dioxide in a compact curved heat exchanger[J]. NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, 2025, 48(7): 070028

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Category: Special Issue on The First Academic Annual Conference of the Research Reactor and Innovative Reactor Association of Chinese Nuclear Society and Advanced Nuclear Power System Reactor Engineering

Received: Mar. 20, 2025

Accepted: --

Published Online: Sep. 15, 2025

The Author Email: Xianliang LEI (LEIXianliang)

DOI:10.11889/j.0253-3219.2025.hjs.48.250120

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