THE SNAP II POWER CONVERSION SYSTEM. TOPICAL REPORT NO. 17. MERCURY BOILING RESEARCH

Technical Report · Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1962

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/4733677· OSTI ID:4733677

Gido, R G; Koestel, A

Activities in a boiling research program to provide data on heat transfer and pressure drop during vortex oncethrough forced convection boiling of Hg are reported. A test rig was built for test section configurations with swirl wire inserts; or in one case, a bare tube. Efforts were made during the testing of one swirl wire test section to obtain data on the independent effect of temperature difference, pressure level, flow rate, and quality level on heat transfer rate. The data are correlated according to forced convection vortex boiling theory. The data are meant to form part of the basis for improved design of SNAP II and similar boilers. (J.R.D.)

• Research Organization: TAPCO. Div. of Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc., Cleveland
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AT-11-1-GEN-8; SUBCONTRACT N843FS-101221
• NSA Number: NSA-17-018264
• OSTI ID: 4733677
• Report Number(s): NAA-SR-6309; TRW-ER-4833
• Resource Relation: Other Information: For Atomics International. Div. of North American Aviation, Inc., Canoga Park, Calif. Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-63
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

ENGINEERING AND EQUIPMENT
BARRIERS
BOILING
CONVECTION
EFFICIENCY
FLUID FLOW
HEAT TRANSFER
LABORATORY EQUIPMENT
LIQUID METAL COOLANT
LIQUID METALS
LIQUIDS
LOSSES
MERCURY
PERFORMANCE
PLANNING
POWER PLANTS
PRESSURE
RODS
SNAP-2 SERIES
SPACE VEHICLES
TEMPERATURE
TURBULENCE
VAPORS
VELOCITY
VOID FRACTION
VORTEX FLOW
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