HIGH ACCLEERATION FIELD HEAT TRANSFER FOR AUXILIARY SPACE NUCLEAR POWER SYSTEMS. Quarterly Technical Report, September 1 to November 30, 1962

Technical Report · Thu Oct 31 04:00:00 EST 1963

OSTI ID:4718481

Poppendiek, H F; Greene, N D; MacDonald, F R; Wright, H R

A detailed description is presented of the completed design for the experimental boiling and condensing liquidmetal heat transfer system. The experiments can be conducted with either mercury or potassium. Photographs and drawings show the important system components (preheater, boiler, condenser, subcooler, storage tanks, separator, instrumentation systems. etc.). A discussion is given of high temperature containment and material compatibilities problems in addition to the estimation of argon solubility in liquid metals. The results of some mercury safeguard studies are summarized. Several analytical heat and momentum transfer studies were conducted. One investigation describes simultaneous heat transfer and fluid flow under zero gravity, forced flow film boiling or condensation in a tube. Other studies define the velocity decay of thin, rotating liquid layers in stationary tubes whose walls are separated from the liquid layers by a thin, viscous gas film. These solutions can be used to predict heat transfer and fluid flow in high vapor quality boiling and condensing Rankine cycle space power plants. (auth)

• Research Organization: Geoscience Ltd., San Diego, Calif.
• NSA Number: NSA-17-020174
• OSTI ID: 4718481
• Report Number(s): TID-17707; GLR-11
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

ARGON
BOILING
CONDENSERS
COOLING
ENGINEERING AND EQUIPMENT
NESDPS Office of Nuclear Energy Space and Defense Power Systems
RANKINE CYCLE