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FUNDAMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF BOILING HEAT TRANSFER AND TWO-PHASE FLOW

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4249617
Significantly improved theories of two-phase heat transfer and prediction of departure from nucleate boiling have recently been developed which for the first time are not based on empirical relationships. These theories should be critically analyzed in relation to naval reactor work and tested with all existing data from both classified and unclassified sources. Conflicting analyses of two-phase fluid fiow regimes confuse this area, and essentially no data or theories are avsilable for twophase fiow with superimposed boiling. Theories and understanding of two-phase flow with boiling should be developed, starting from proven theories without boiling, and tested against all existing data or new data as necessary. A substantial start hss been made in analysis of the case of upward annular two-phase flow in vertical channels, based upon modern knowledge of boundary layer and vapor condensation principles. (auth)
Research Organization:
Knolls Atomic Power Lab., Schenectady, N.Y.
DOE Contract Number:
W-31-109-ENG-52
NSA Number:
NSA-13-008104
OSTI ID:
4249617
Report Number(s):
KAPL-M-EWG-1
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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