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Petrick, M.; Fabris, G.; Pierson, E.S.; Fischer, A.K.; Johnson, C.E.
Office of Naval Research, Arlington, VA (USA)1978
Office of Naval Research, Arlington, VA (USA)1978
AbstractAbstract
[en] Testing of the second diverging-channel generator with the revised ambient-temperature NaK-N2 facility has been completed. The primary goal of the revised facility, demonstrating reduced slip ratio (ratio of gas velocity to liquid velocity) with higher liquid velocity (flow rate), was accomplished. The reduction in slip ratio was dramatically demonstrated by a series of consecutive runs with varying flow rate (from 6 kg/s to 12 kg/s for the liquid). Substantial increases in generator efficiency were obtained with higher liquid flow rates. Experiments to demonstrate that good liquid-to-gas heat transfer exists in the generator were successfully completed. Good heat transfer is essential because it is the almost-constant-temperature expansion of the gas (vapor) in the generator that yields the higher system efficiencies for liquid-metal MHD power cycles. The feasibility of generating relatively-stable bubbles, hence, a foam, in liquid metals has been demonstrated. Photographic documentation of these phenomena, both motion and still pictures, was made. Surface tension measurements and foaming experiments have shown that viscosity is also a factor in promoting bubble formation and persistence. Wetting and contact angle measurements have been made for stainless steel and carbon steel immersed in eutectic NaK. An analytical study of the liquid shunt (wall) layer sizes and losses has shown that these losses are not expected to be significant for large generators; less than 1.0 percent decrease in efficiency is anticipated. A two-phase pressure-gradient correlation developed for MHD flows has been shown to agree to within 20 percent with the generator data
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May 1978; 104 p; Available from NTIS., PC A06/MF A01
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Progress Report
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ANALYTICAL SOLUTION, BUBBLES, EFFICIENCY, EUTECTICS, FLOW RATE, FOAMS, HEAT TRANSFER, LIQUID-METAL MHD GENERATORS, MAGNETIC FIELDS, MATHEMATICAL MODELS, MIXTURES, MOLTEN SALTS, NITROGEN, PERFORMANCE TESTING, POTASSIUM, PRESSURE GRADIENTS, SLIP RATIO, SODIUM, SURFACE TENSION, TWO-PHASE FLOW, VISCOSITY
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