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Simultaneous neutron radiography and infrared thermography measurement of boiling processes

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OSTI ID:537360
Boiling of water at 1 to 15 bar flowing upward within a narrow duct and a round test section was observed using both neutron radiography and infrared (IR) thermography. The IR readings of the test section outer wall temperatures show the effects of both fluid temperature and wall heat transfer coefficient variations, producing a difference between liquid and two phase regions. The IR images, in fact, appear very similar to the neutron images; both show clear indications of spatial and temporal variations in the internal fluid conditions during the boiling process.
Research Organization:
Bettis Atomic Power Lab., West Mifflin, PA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC11-93PN38195
OSTI ID:
537360
Report Number(s):
WAPD-T--3090; CONF-971027--1; ON: DE96013254
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English