BASIC EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES OF BOILING FLUID FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER AT ELEVATED PRESSURES. Monthly Progress Report for Month of May 1963

Technical Report · Fri May 31 04:00:00 EDT 1963

OSTI ID:4712610

Matzner, B

A total of 156 burnout points are reported for vertical upflow of water at 1000 psia inside three different large diameter heater tubes. The test sections investigated were: 0.930 in. inside diameter, 77 5/8 in. heated length; 0.564 in. inside diameter, 76 in. heated length; 0.930 in. inside diameter, 24 in. heated length. The ranges of variables covered were: mass velocities from 0.5 to 10.0 x 10/sup 6/ lb/ hr-ft/sup 2/, burnout heat fluxes as high as 2.5 x 10/ sup 6/ Btu/hr-ft/sup 2/ and exit conditions from 116 deg F subcooled to 59% steam quality. Although analysis of the data is stili incomplete, two important resuits are apparent. First, the data appear more orderly when burnout heat flux is plotted against inlet subcooling rather than exit quality. Second, during running of both 0.930 in. inside diameter test sections a region was found in which burnout could be reached by increasing the flow rate which is usually thought of as a safe operation. (auth)

• Research Organization: Columbia Univ., New York. Engineering Research Labs.
• NSA Number: NSA-17-029075
• OSTI ID: 4712610
• Report Number(s): TID-18978; MPR-XIII-5-63
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

BOILING
BURNOUT
CONFIGURATION
CONTAMINATION
COOLING
DIAGRAMS
ENGINEERING AND EQUIPMENT
FLUID FLOW
HEAT TRANSFER
HEATING
HOT SPOT
LABORATORY EQUIPMENT
MASS
OPERATION
PERFORMANCE
PLANNING
PRESSURE
RADIOACTIVITY
SAFETY
STEAM
STEAM QUALITY
SUBCOOLING
TUBES
VELOCITY
WATER