Experimental research on the thermal hydraulic characteristics of sodium boiling in an annulus

Z. C. Qiu; Z. Y. Ma; S. Z. Qiu; G. H. Su; D. L. Zhang; Y. W. Wu; W. X. Tian

doi:10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2014.09.016

Experimental research on the thermal hydraulic characteristics of sodium boiling in an annulus

Z. C. Qiu
, Z. Y. Ma
, S. Z. Qiu
, G. H. Su
, D. L. Zhang
, Y. W. Wu
, W. X. Tian

School of Energy and Power Engineering

Xi'an Jiaotong University

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Abstract

Thermal hydraulic characteristics of sodium boiling are significant in the safety analysis for the sodium cooled fast reactor, one of the Generation IV reactors. However, the knowledge on the mechanism of sodium boiling is quite limited. In this study, boiling experiments on sodium flowing through an annulus are performed. The annulus is of 1000mm length, 8mm inner diameter and 12mm outer diameter. The heat flux varies from 80 to 500kW/m², with inlet subcooling from 63 to 285°C, inlet flow velocity from 0.02 to 0.5m/s and system pressure from 3.67 to 103kPa. The boiling phenomena, two phase friction pressure drop and boiling heat transfer coefficient are investigated. Correlations for the two-phase friction multiplier factor ϕl2 and boiling heat transfer coefficient are proposed, respectively. Predicted results show good agreement with the experimental data.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	263-274
Number of pages	12
Journal	Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science
Volume	60
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2014.09.016
State	Published - 1 Jan 2015

Keywords

Annulus
Boiling heat transfer coefficient
Sodium boiling
Two-phase friction multiplier factor

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