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Generation IV Reactor Cooling by “Gas-Lift”

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In the case of long-term operation, heat from reactor cores could be removed by natural convection. “Gas-lift” can be used to intensify it.

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Acknowledgments

The presented research is supported by the project CZ.1.05/2.1.00/03.0108 (Sustainable Energy, SUSEN) and student project SGS-2014-070 (Increasing the efficiency, reliability and durability of power system devices 3).

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  1. Department of Power System Engineering, University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic

    P. Zitek, J. Polansky & V. Valenta

  2. Ecole Central Marseille, Marseille, France

    J. Chemmachery

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  1. CERN PH Department, Geneva 23, Switzerland

    Jean-Pierre Revol

  2. Physics Department, University of Geneva, Geneva 4, Switzerland

    Maurice Bourquin

  3. CERN Engineering Department, Geneva 23, Switzerland

    Yacine Kadi

  4. CERN PH Department, Geneva 23, Switzerland

    Egil Lillestol

  5. Aubonne, Switzerland

    Jean-Christophe de Mestral

  6. Technological Circuits Department, Řež Nuclear Research Centre, Prague, Czech Republic

    Karel Samec

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Zitek, P., Chemmachery, J., Polansky, J., Valenta, V. (2016). Generation IV Reactor Cooling by “Gas-Lift”. In: Revol, JP., Bourquin, M., Kadi, Y., Lillestol, E., de Mestral, JC., Samec, K. (eds) Thorium Energy for the World. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26542-1_61

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