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BIPHENYL LIQUID HEAT TRANSFER AND VAPOR DEPOSITION STUDIES AT 700 AND 800 F. Final Report, February 1961-May 31, 1963

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4116901
BS>Heat transfer studies were made on biphenyl in a large stainless steel heat transfer test loop (1 inch I.D. x 5 ft long heat transfer section). Correlations were developed for both convective and boiling heat transfer, including surface and bulk boiling, over the temperature range 413.0 to 805.5 deg F at heat fluxes from 10,600 to 110,200 Btu/hr x ft/sup 2/. A Dittus-Boelter type equation was used to correlate the convective data and a Levy type equation for the boiling data. Turbine construction alloys were found to be unaffected by 320-hr exposure to high velocity superheated biphenyl vapor at 700 deg F. Some adhering solid deposits were probably the result of entrained liquid containing dissolved or suspended metallic compounds. An IBM-704 computer program was written for calculation of heat transfer and flow rates under thermosiphon conditions. (auth)
Research Organization:
Monsanto Research Corp. Dayton Labs., Ohio
NSA Number:
NSA-18-012314
OSTI ID:
4116901
Report Number(s):
IDO-11006
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English