HIGH ACCELERATION FIELD HEAT TRANSFER FOR AUXILIARY SPACE NUCLEAR POWER SYSTEMS. 1961 . Quarterly Technical Report, December 1 through February 28, 1962

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

OSTI ID:4727203

Poppendiek, H F; Greene, N D; Hughes, H G; Sabin, C M

BS>Research results on liquid metal heat and momentum transfer are presented. A review and summary of boiling heat transfer models found in the literature are presented; nucleate pool and film boiling models are examined, and a comparison of the various models is made. Several boiling heat transfer analyses are outlined. One analysis considers free convection film boiling from a vertical plate and the other describes forced convection film boiling in a pipe. Additional two-phase flow analyses conducted include turbulent-viscous pipe flow, turbulent-turbulent pipe flow, and viscous-viscous curvilinear channel flow. A number of preliminary two-phase, curvilinear flow experiments were completed in pipes containing helical guides. Information on flow patterns and phase separation was obtained using air and water. The results of studies on the Mollier Diagrams and physical properties of Hg and K are also included. (auth)

• Research Organization: Geoscience Ltd., Solana Beach, Calif.
• NSA Number: NSA-17-019690
• OSTI ID: 4727203
• Report Number(s): TID-15223; GLR-8
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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BOILING
CONVECTION
DIAGRAMS
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FILMS
FLOW MODELS
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HEAT TRANSFER
LIQUID METALS
MERCURY
MOLLIER DIAGRAM
NUCLEATE BOILING
PLATES
POOL BOILING
POWER
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SODIUM
SPACE APPLICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY
SPACE VEHICLES
STANDARDS
THERMODYNAMICS
TUBES
TURBULENCE
VISCOSITY
WATER