Contents

Thermal Engineering

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Vol. 72, No. 4, 2025

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NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

Horizontal Steam Generators: Design Improvement and Experimental-and-Computational Studies (Review)

V. N. Blinkov, A. V. Dedov, I. V. Elkin, V. I. Melikhov, O. I. Melikhov, S. M. Nikonov, and A. S. Nikulin p. 265  abstract

Computational and Experimental Studies of Reflooding Processes in a Large-Scale Model of a VVER Fuel Assembly

M. A. Bykov, Yu. A. Migrov, M. V. Sazontova, and A. N. Churkin p. 289  abstract

Experimental Study of the Core Cooling at the Reflooding Stage of a Large Break Loss-of-Coolant Accident

A. N. Churkin, A. G. Karetnikov, M. A. Bykov, A. S. Bogdanov, and Yu. A. Bezrukov p. 298  abstract

The Field of Acoustic Standing Waves in the VVER Reactor Coolant Circuits

G. V. Arkadov, and M. T. Slepov p. 309  abstract

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STEAM TURBINE, GAS TURBINE, AND COMBINED CYCLE PLANTS AND THEIR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT

Determining the Profile Loss of Flow Kinetic Energy in Turbine Cascades with the Use of Neural Networks

V. A. Tishchenko, A. A. Belousova, P. M. Nesterov, and A. O. Smirnov p. 321  abstract

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HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER AND PROPERTIES OF WORKING FLUIDS AND MATERIALS

Heat-Conduction Problems with Time-Variable Heat-Transfer Coefficients

V. A. Kudinov, E. V. Kotova, S. V. Zaitsev, and E. V. Stefnyuk p. 334  abstract

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STEAM BOILERS, POWER PLANT FUEL, BURNERS, AND BOILER AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT

A Second-Order Mixed Finite Element Method for Convection-Radiation Flows in Furnaces with Burners

Jaafar Albadr, Mofdi El-Amrani, and Mohammed Seaid p. 341  abstract

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