释义 |
thermal reactor [`thǝr·mǝl rē`ak·tǝr] CHEMICAL ENGINEERING A device, system, or vessel in which chemical reactions take place because of heat (no catalysis); for example, thermal cracking, thermal reforming, or thermal polymerization. NUCLEONICS A nuclear reactor in which fission is induced primarily by neutrons of such low energy that they are in substantial thermal equilibrium with the material of the core. |