NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, Volume. 48, Issue 7, 070003(2025)

Comprehensive analysis of CFD application in thermal-hydraulic of Generation IV reactors

Guangliang CHEN1,2, Wenquan TAO2、*, Dechang CAI3, Xinli YIN1, Jinchao LI1, Gang TAN1,4, Shuqi MENG3, Guodong YE4, and Xiong ZHENG3
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Nuclear Science and Technology, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China
  • 2School of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
  • 3China Nuclear Power Technology Research Institute, Shenzhen 518000, China
  • 4Xiapu Nuclear Power Corporation, Ningde 352000, China
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    Guangliang CHEN, Wenquan TAO, Dechang CAI, Xinli YIN, Jinchao LI, Gang TAN, Shuqi MENG, Guodong YE, Xiong ZHENG. Comprehensive analysis of CFD application in thermal-hydraulic of Generation IV reactors[J]. NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, 2025, 48(7): 070003

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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: Apr. 23, 2025

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Sep. 15, 2025

    The Author Email: Wenquan TAO (TAOWenquan)

    DOI:10.11889/j.0253-3219.2025.hjs.48.250179

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