Original Article
  • Thermal Condition Analysis System for Heat Transfer Tubes In i-SMR, and Replacement of Inconel690 with Composite Materials

  • Haochen Gao*, Woo Cheol Jang*, Jong Hyun Park**, Young Jin Shim**, Sang-Ha Hwang*† , Hyung Doh Roh**†

  • * Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hanyang University ERICA, these authors contributed equally to this work.
    ** Materials Science and Chemical Engineering Center, Institute for Advanced Engineering (IAE)

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Correspondence to

  • Sang-Ha Hwang* , Hyung Doh Roh**

  • * Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hanyang University ERICA, these authors contributed equally to this work.
    ** Materials Science and Chemical Engineering Center, Institute for Advanced Engineering (IAE)

  • E-mail: hwang113@iae.re.kr, rhd1213@hanyang.ac.kr