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Heat transfer in a sodium--potassium heat exchanger (potassium boiler) made of helically-coiled tubes

Journal Article · · Heat Transfer - Sov. Res.; (United States)
OSTI ID:7094620

Results of an experimental study of heat transfer and its crisis for potassium boiling in (stainless-steel or niobium-alloy) tubes heated by electricity or by hot sodium are described. The relationships governing the process are analyzed and expressions are derived for the potassium boiling heat transfer rate, critical heat fluxes, transcritical heat transfer rates and convective heat transfer over the hot sodium temperature range of 880 to 1350/sup 0/K. The tube wall temperature along the coil is calculated from the above relationships and is then compared with experimental data; the comparison points to satisfactory agreement. The results are an addition to the theory of processes occurring in coiled-tube vapor generators, and the empirical equations obtained are recommended for design of coiled-tube liquid metal boilers.

OSTI ID:
7094620
Journal Information:
Heat Transfer - Sov. Res.; (United States), Journal Name: Heat Transfer - Sov. Res.; (United States) Vol. 8:3; ISSN HTSRA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English