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Boiling of mercury in a vertical tube under forced-flow conditions

Conference ·
OSTI ID:4426065
From 4th international seminar on heat and mass transfer in liquid metals; Trojir, Yugoslavia (6 Sep 1971). See CONFThe hydrodynamic and boiling behavior of pure mercury in a vertical tube at low exit pressures was investigated. Stable and unstable operating modes were found. At the tube exit, maximum mass flow rate was always established. Heat transfer rates in the non- wetting system are in the range of the values obtained for mercury vapor cooling by forced convection. Visualization of the boiling zone and mercury two-phase flow was obtained by x-ray photography. Any similarity to well-known flow patterns was not found. (auth)
Research Organization:
Technische Univ., Munich
NSA Number:
NSA-29-000300
OSTI ID:
4426065
Country of Publication:
Country unknown/Code not available
Language:
English

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