Thermal hydraulic characteristics of a prototype CEA cable-in-conduit conductor
- Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States)
The thermal hydraulic characteristics of a prototype CEA Cable-in-Conduit Conductor (CICC) have been studied in steady state and transient conditions. The supercritical helium velocity in the central channel was measured with a Pitot tube located at the down stream end of the conductor. An inductive heater, located at the center of the conductor, initiated thermally induced transient flow of the helium within the conductor. The induced flow velocity was measured as a function of Reynolds number and heat input. A calorimetric calibration technique was used to estimate the total heat input to the conductor. In a separate part of the experiment, a thermometer array was installed in the central channel to record the helium temperature. The associated reduction of central channel flow area significantly affects the thermal hydraulic characteristics of the conductor.
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG05-93ER54192
- OSTI ID:
- 416682
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950722-; TRN: 97:001656
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: CEC/ICMC `95: cryogenic engineering conference and international cryogenic materials conference, Columbus, OH (United States), 17-21 Jul 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Advances in cryogenic engineering. Volume 41, Part A & B; Kittel, P. [ed.]; PB: 2037 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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