Measurement Of Gas Bubbles In Mercury Using Proton Radiography
- ORNL
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
An experiment using proton radiography on a small mercury loop for testing gas bubble injection was conducted at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE) in December 2006. Small gas bubble injection is one of the approaches under development to reduce cavitation damage in the U.S. Spallation Neutron Source mercury target vessel. Several hundred radiograph images were obtained as the test loop was operated over range of conditions that included two jet type bubble generators, two needle type bubble generators, various mercury flow speeds and gas injection rates, and use of helium, argon and xenon. This paper will describe the analysis of the radiograph images and present the obtained bubble measurement data.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC05-00OR22725
- OSTI ID:
- 976013
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: AccApp07 - The Eighth International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Applications and Utilization of Accelerators, Pocatello, ID, USA, 20070730, 20070802
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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