Coolant — A coolant is a fluid which flows through a device to prevent its overheating, transferring the heat produced by the device to other devices that use or dissipate it. An ideal coolant has high thermal capacity, low viscosity, is low cost, non… … Wikipedia
System accident — A system accident is an unanticipated interaction of multiple failures in a complex system. This complexity can either be technological or organizational, and often is both.[1] A system accident can be very easy to see in hindsight, but very… … Wikipedia
Clean And Environmentally Safe Advanced Reactor — Disputed Science: CAESAR nuclear reactor Disciplines: Nuclear engineering; Nuclear technology; Nuclear physics Core Tenets: Self sustained fissioning of Uranium 238 can be accomplished via steam moderated neutrons Year Proposed: 1998 Original… … Wikipedia
flushing the cooling system — The process of circulating water through the cooling system to remove old coolant along with any dirt or rust. Back flushing means circulating the water from the engine to the radiator (reversing the normal direction of flow) in order to clean… … Dictionary of automotive terms
Entrained air in coolant fluids — Entrained Air/Dissolved Air(Foam) in Coolants other fluidsEntrained and dissolved air that are present in coolants (machine tool industry), oils (cutting tools hydraulics) andsolutions used in paper/pulp industries can cause various kinds of… … Wikipedia
Nuklearkatastrophe von Fukushima — Satellitenfoto der Reaktorblöcke 1 bis 4 (von rechts nach links) am 16. März 2011 nach mehreren Explosionen und Bränden. Als Nuklearkatastrophe von Fukushima werden eine Reihe von katastrophalen Unfällen und schweren Störfällen im… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Chronik der Nuklearkatastrophe von Fukushima — Die Chronik der Nuklearkatastrophe von Fukushima schildert den Ablauf der Ereignisse im Kernkraftwerk Fukushima Daiichi (Fukushima I) ab dem 11. März 2011 und deren Folgen im Zeitverlauf. Alle Uhrzeiten sind in japanischer Ortszeit angegeben … Deutsch Wikipedia
Chernobyl disaster — This article is about the 1986 nuclear plant accident in Ukraine. For other uses, see Chernobyl (disambiguation). Chernobyl disaster … Wikipedia
nuclear reactor — Physics. reactor (def. 4). Also called nuclear pile. [1940 45] * * * Device that can initiate and control a self sustaining series of nuclear fission reactions. Neutrons released in one fission reaction may strike other heavy nuclei, causing them … Universalium
Heat exchanger — An interchangeable plate heat exchanger Tubular heat exchan … Wikipedia
Water — This article is about general aspects of water. For a detailed discussion of its properties, see Properties of water. For other uses, see Water (disambiguation) … Wikipedia
