Modeling a forced to natural convection boiling test with the program LOOP-W. [LMFBR]

Conference · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:6854257

Carbajo, J J

Extensive testing has been conducted in the Simulant Boiling Flow Visualization (SBFV) loop in which water is boiled in a vertical transparent tube by circulating hot glycerine in an annulus surrounding the tube. Tests ranged from nonboiling forced convection to oscillatory boiling natural convection. The program LOOP-W has been developed to analyze these tests. This program is a multi-leg, one-dimensional, two-phase equilibrium model with slip between the phases. In this study, a specific test, performed at low power where non-boiling forced convection was changed to boiling natural convection and then to non-boiling again, has been modeled with the program LOOP-W.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 6854257
• Report Number(s): CONF-840614-67; ON: DE84014256
• Resource Relation: Conference: Annual meeting of the American Nuclear Society, New Orleans, LA, USA, 3 Jun 1984; Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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