A METHOD OF CORRELATING EXPERIMENTAL FLUID FRICTION DATA FOR TUBE BUNDLES OF DIFFERENT SIZE AND TUBE BUNDLE TO SHELL WALL SPACING
An analytical method of correlating fluid friction data for flow parallel to square array cylindrical tubes in rectangular cross-section flow channels has been devised. In this technique, the experimental values for friction factors and Reynolds moduli are multiplied by correlation terms which yield new friction factors and Reynolds moduli that pertain to the core region of the tube bundle excluding the boundary effects; hence, model configurations with different numbers of tubes and different tube bundle to shell wall spacing can be correlated. Experimental fluid friction data have been obtained on a 25-tube tube bundle by the ARE Division and on a 100-tube tube bundle by the REE Division with some disagreement of results and it was thought that by this technique this disagreement could be explained However, it is shown that for either of these two configurations application of this technique changes the original data by less than five percent and does not bring these data into better agreement. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- NSA Number:
- NSA-13-021766
- OSTI ID:
- 4231781
- Report Number(s):
- CF-56-4-162
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Decl. Sept. 15, 1959. Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-59
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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