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... METASTABLE FLUCTUATIONS 11 FLOW PATTERN OBSERVATIONS 13
Boiler- Superheater Flow Patterns 15 Helical streamlet 15 Helical large-
amplitude wave flow 16 Diffuse helical streamlet 17 Liquid film terminal 17 Super
heater flow ...
... METASTABLE FLUCTUATIONS 11 FLOW PATTERN OBSERVATIONS 13
Boiler- Superheater Flow Patterns 15 Helical streamlet 15 Helical large-
amplitude wave flow 16 Diffuse helical streamlet 17 Liquid film terminal 17 Super
heater flow ...
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In the second flow pattern regime, the liquid streamlet still flowed essentially
helically in the grooves, but it consisted of a ... direction). ing ended and
essentially "dry wall" began. The liquid film. 17 Diffuse helical streamlet Liquid
film terminal.
In the second flow pattern regime, the liquid streamlet still flowed essentially
helically in the grooves, but it consisted of a ... direction). ing ended and
essentially "dry wall" began. The liquid film. 17 Diffuse helical streamlet Liquid
film terminal.
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The liquid film terminal was not strictly a separate flow regime. Instead, it was a
locus where observations revealed a thinning of the bulk liquid streamlet into a
uniform film covering the boiler wall. This evidence of rather uniform film
coverage ...
The liquid film terminal was not strictly a separate flow regime. Instead, it was a
locus where observations revealed a thinning of the bulk liquid streamlet into a
uniform film covering the boiler wall. This evidence of rather uniform film
coverage ...
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Contents
SUMMARY | 1 |
OPERATING CONDITIONS | 10 |
PREVIOUS FLOW PATTERN OBSERVATIONS | 20 |
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adiabatic appendix Baker chart boiler inlet boiler insert zone Boiler satura boiler surface boiler wall boiler-superheater boiling bulk liquid centrifugal forces cm/sec condensate column corrosion results corrosive attack dewetting Diffuse helical streamlet downstream droplets entrained figure 11 flow and pressure flow conditions FLOW PATTERN OBSERVATIONS flow pattern regime flow rate Flowmeter pressure drop gas flow heat flux Heat Transfer heater element helically grooved helically swaged boiler kg/sec Lewis Research Center liquid carryover liquid film terminal liquid mercury liquid phase mass transfer mercury boiler mercury flow mercury loop metastable intervals metastable oscillations N/m abs NASA NASA TN nucleation zone observed flow patterns oscillations and excursions phase separation pounds per hour preheater psia radial acceleration saturation pressure shown in figure stratified flow superheater surface tension swaged boiler tube swirling device tangential velocity thermocouples two-phase flow two-phase inception two-phase mercury vapor throttle wall contact wave X-ray image system X-ray system
Bibliographic information
| Title | X-ray Observations of Flow Patterns in a Mercury Boiler Volume 5693 of NASA technical note |
| Author | Alex Vary |
| Contributors | United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Lewis Research Center |
| Publisher | National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1970 |
| Length | 36 pages |
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