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Boiling heat removal in a particle bed

Conference ·
OSTI ID:5337207
A one-dimensional model for boiling in volume-heated particle beds is presented. The model includes the effects of channeling and predicts the dryout power and dry zone thickness for both uniform and stratified beds. The model also predicts the conditions required for channel penetration of a subcooled zone in a subcooled bed, and predicts the existence of downward heat removal by boiling in a bottom-cooled bed. The model is compared to 240 published dryout measurements including both deep and shallow beds, large and small particles, six fluids, five solids, and covering three orders of magnitude in the measured dryout flux. The model correlates this data with an average error of 60%.
Research Organization:
Sandia National Labs., Livermore, CA (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-76DP00789
OSTI ID:
5337207
Report Number(s):
SAND-82-0056C; CONF-820704-6; ON: DE82006770
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English