High-pressure transition boiling in internal flows

Journal Article · Fri May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1987 · J. Heat Transfer; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1115/1.3248110· OSTI ID:6536827

France, D M; Chan, I S; Shin, S K

Transition boiling heat transfer was studied for the case of internal flow of high-pressure water. Transition boiling results were determined from measurements from 138 steady-state tests conducted in a temperature-controlled facility. Water flowed vertically upward inside a tube with inside diameter = 10.1 mm and vertical length = 13.1 m, as it was heated by liquid sodium flowing countercurrent in a surrounding annulus. The water parameter range of the experiments was pressure 7--15.3 MPa and mass flux 0.7--3.2 Mg/m/sup 2/xs. A mathematical model was developed that predicted the transition boiling heat transfer coefficient well over the entire parameter range.

• Research Organization: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60680
• OSTI ID: 6536827
• Journal Information: J. Heat Transfer; (United States), Journal Name: J. Heat Transfer; (United States) Vol. 109:2; ISSN JHTRA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MEDIUM PRESSURE
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
TRANSITION BOILING
TWO-PHASE FLOW
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