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Natural convection heat transfer characteristics of the molten metal pool with solidification by boiling coolant

Abstract

This paper presents results of experimental studies on the heat transfer and solidification of the molten metal pool with overlying coolant with boiling. The metal pool is heated from the bottom surface and coolant is injected onto the molten metal pool. Ad a result, the crust, which is a solidified layer, may form at the top of the molten metal pool. Heat transfer is accomplished by a conjugate mechanism, which consists of the natural convection of the molten metal pool, the conduction in the crust layer and the convective boiling heat transfer in the coolant. This work examines the crust formation and the heat transfer rate on the molten metal pool with boiling coolant. The simulant molten pool material is tin (Sn) with the melting temperature of 232 deg C. Demineralized water is used as the working coolant. The crust layer thickness was ostensibly varied by the heated bottom surface temperature of the test section, but not much affected by the coolant injection rate. The correlation between the Nusselt number and the Rayleigh number in the molten metal pool region of this study is compared against the crust formation experiment without coolant boiling and the literature correlations. The present experimental  More>>
Authors:
Cho, Jae Seon; Suh, Kune Yull; Chung, Chang Hyun; [1]  Paark, Rae Joon; Kim, Sang Baik [2] 
  1. Seoul National University, Seoul (Korea, Republic of)
  2. Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Taejon (Korea, Republic of)
Publication Date:
Dec 31, 1997
Product Type:
Conference
Report Number:
ETDE/KR-99732628; CONF-9710296-
Reference Number:
SCA: 210500; 220600; PA: KR-99:000327; EDB-99:035092; SN: 99002059954
Resource Relation:
Conference: Korean Nuclear Society autumn meeting, Taegu (Korea, Republic of), 24-25 Oct 1997; Other Information: PBD: 1997; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the korean nuclear society autumn meeting vol I, October 24-25, 1997 Taegu, Korea; PB: 797 p.
Subject:
21 NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; 22 NUCLEAR REACTOR TECHNOLOGY; NATURAL CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER; CORIUM; MELTDOWN; SOLIDIFICATION; BOILING; LIQUID METALS; POOL BOILING; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; TIN
OSTI ID:
324172
Research Organizations:
Korean Nuclear Society, Taejon (Korea, Republic of)
Country of Origin:
Korea, Republic of
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ON: DE99732628; TRN: KR9900327
Availability:
OSTI as DE99732628
Submitting Site:
KR
Size:
pp. 719-725
Announcement Date:
Apr 01, 1999

Citation Formats

Cho, Jae Seon, Suh, Kune Yull, Chung, Chang Hyun, Paark, Rae Joon, and Kim, Sang Baik. Natural convection heat transfer characteristics of the molten metal pool with solidification by boiling coolant. Korea, Republic of: N. p., 1997. Web.
Cho, Jae Seon, Suh, Kune Yull, Chung, Chang Hyun, Paark, Rae Joon, & Kim, Sang Baik. Natural convection heat transfer characteristics of the molten metal pool with solidification by boiling coolant. Korea, Republic of.
Cho, Jae Seon, Suh, Kune Yull, Chung, Chang Hyun, Paark, Rae Joon, and Kim, Sang Baik. 1997. "Natural convection heat transfer characteristics of the molten metal pool with solidification by boiling coolant." Korea, Republic of.
@misc{etde_324172,
title = {Natural convection heat transfer characteristics of the molten metal pool with solidification by boiling coolant}
author = {Cho, Jae Seon, Suh, Kune Yull, Chung, Chang Hyun, Paark, Rae Joon, and Kim, Sang Baik}
abstractNote = {This paper presents results of experimental studies on the heat transfer and solidification of the molten metal pool with overlying coolant with boiling. The metal pool is heated from the bottom surface and coolant is injected onto the molten metal pool. Ad a result, the crust, which is a solidified layer, may form at the top of the molten metal pool. Heat transfer is accomplished by a conjugate mechanism, which consists of the natural convection of the molten metal pool, the conduction in the crust layer and the convective boiling heat transfer in the coolant. This work examines the crust formation and the heat transfer rate on the molten metal pool with boiling coolant. The simulant molten pool material is tin (Sn) with the melting temperature of 232 deg C. Demineralized water is used as the working coolant. The crust layer thickness was ostensibly varied by the heated bottom surface temperature of the test section, but not much affected by the coolant injection rate. The correlation between the Nusselt number and the Rayleigh number in the molten metal pool region of this study is compared against the crust formation experiment without coolant boiling and the literature correlations. The present experimental results are higher than those from the experiment without coolant boiling, but show general agreement with the Eckert correlation, with some deviations in the high and low ends of the Rayleigh number. This discrepancy is currently attributed to concurrent rapid boiling of the coolant on top of the metal layer. 10 refs., 4 figs., 1 tab. (Author)}
place = {Korea, Republic of}
year = {1997}
month = {Dec}
}