• Title of article

    Anexperimentalstudyonthecriticalheatfluxforlowflowofwaterinanon-uniformlyheatedverticalrodbundleoverawiderangeofpressureconditionsOriginalResearchArticle

  • Author/Authors

    Sang-KiMoon، نويسنده , , Se-YoungChun، نويسنده , , SeokCho، نويسنده , , Won-PilBaek، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2005
  • Pages
    15
  • From page
    2295
  • To page
    2309
  • Abstract
    Anexperimentalstudyofthecriticalheatflux(CHF)hasbeenperformedforawaterflowinanon-uniformlyheatedvertical3×3rodbundleunderlowflowandawiderangeofpressureconditions.TheexperimentwasespeciallyfocusedontheparametrictrendsoftheCHFandtheapplicabilityoftheconventionalCHFcorrelationstoareturn-to-powerconditionsofamainsteamlinebreakaccidentwhoseconditionsmightbealowmassflux,intermediatepressure,andahighinletsubcooling.TheeffectsofthemassfluxandpressureontheCHFarerelativelylargeandcomplicatedinthelowpressureconditions.Atahighmassfluxoralowcriticalquality,thelocalheatfluxattheCHFlocationsharplydecreaseswithanincreasinglocalcriticalquality.However,atalowmassfluxorahighcriticalquality,thelocalheatfluxattheCHFlocationshowsanearlyconstantvalueregardlessoftheincreaseofthecriticalquality.TheCHFdataattheverylowmassfluxconditionsarecorrelatedwellbythechurn-to-annularflowtransitioncriterionortheflowreversalphenomena.SeveralconventionalCHFcorrelationspredictthepresentreturn-to-powerCHFdatawithreasonableaccuracies.However,thepredictioncapabilitiesbecomeworseinaverylowmassfluxofbelowabout100kg/(m2s).
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Serial Year
    2005
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Record number

    895945