Research grants and contracts

Fundamental studies of boiling in nuclear reactors (ASCOMP/EPSRC)

Sponsor(s):

Investigators:

CASE (CCFE)

Sponsor

Research Project(s)

  • Fusion blanket systems studies

Researcher(s)

The coupling of RELAP and STAR-CCM+ (CD Adapco/EPSRC)

Sponsor

The incorporation of BEPU approaches into PSA (Corporate Risk Associates/EPSRC)

Sponsor

  • CRA
  • EPSRC

Researcher(s)

Level II PSA and operator actions (Corporate Risk Associates/EPSRC)

Sponsor

CARE (Computation for Advanced Reactor Engineering) (EPSRC)

This is a multi-University Consortium Grant, bringing together computational nuclear researchers in Manchester, Newcastle, Leeds and Imperial College.

Sponsor

Research Project(s)

Links to the principal projects being performed within this present group are under:

Researcher(s)

Links to the websites of the individual main investigators at these institutions are:

The main researchers in this group are:

  • Nicolas Cinosi
Validation and verification of critical heat flux prediction (EPSRC)

Sponsor

Researcher(s)

  • Nicolas Cinosi
Thermal hydraulics for boiling and passive systems (EPSRC)

Sponsor

Critical heat flux analysis in non-circular channels (MoD/EPSRC)

Sponsor

Researcher(s)

  • Jonathan Manning
Nuclear thermal hydraulics (Rolls Royce)

Contact details

Dr Michael Bluck
Head of Nuclear Engineering Group

Mechanical Engineering

Tel: ++44 (0)20 7594 7055
Email: m.bluck@imperial.ac.uk