I . . - . ? I OF I ORNLP 172) * 19:31912 0125 ||L4 ILS MICROCOPY RESOLUTION TEST CHART NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS -1963 ... --•. - - - - .. . -.. - 4. 41 25 'n ' B ! ! * . . : . VMPRE RADIATOR DEVELOPMENT TESTS* Pont_c5701234 A. P. Promo MASTER A. P. Fraas Oak Ridge National laboratory Oak Ridge, Tennessee NOV 1 ABSTRACT Six tapered tube direct condensing radiators have been built and operated in the course of the system development test program at ORNL, and a number of tests have been run with individual tubes. The bases for the design of these units and the more significant results of the test program are summarized, and some implications relative to future design work are discussed. Introduction 3.4. i 11 ART . The boiling potassium reactor system under development at ORNL presents a number of fluid flow stability and control problems that involve close coupling and possible inter- action between the boiler and condenser. Because of this, the MPRE development program has been based on the use of a direct condensing radiator with a set of proportions rea- sonably representative of those that have appeared suitable for a space vehicle. WS Six radiators have been built and operated - all as elements of systems rather than in rigs built expressly to test radiators. No effort has been made to obtain good data 2 on condensing heat transfer coefficients or surface emissivities; our attention has been 2 . Y ... T . 1 . - 2. ' directed primarily at problems of radiator design to obtain good flow distribution, flow stability, a sound structure, and good system stability and control. Particular atten- tion has been given to possible interaction between the flows in tubes operating in par- allel, and to the flows in multiple banks of tubes. In arriving at the basic radiator design to be used in the test program, a wide variety of configuration was considered from the standpoints of free-liquid-surface con- trol under 0-g conditions, scavenging, fluid flow distribution, part load stability and . - . . . 2 . ,* . .'. S.::. . . . . K ... .. 4 "Research sponsored by the U. 8. Atomic Energy Commission under contract with the Union Carbide Corporation. RENTIBUSUID POR ABUSOLEKCEMENT IT ACTUEAR SCIENCE ABSTRACTS .: 19 . ? 22.9 control, differential thermal expansion, installation in the launch vehicle, the stresses and vibration induced by launch loads, and orbital startup. Analyses disclosed that there were too many boundary conditions to be met to permit a conventional optimization study - it appeared better to begin with a structure that would be well-suited to withstand launch loads and at the same time would satisfy the fluid flow requirements. The proportions were then modified to reduce the weight to something like a minimum; this led to the reference design for a launch package shown in Fig. 1. The efficacy of this approach 18 indicated by the relatively low specific weight obtained for the resulting launch package - only 7 10/kw of electrical power output. This specific weight is for the complete radiator including meteoroid armor, ducts, and the structure for launching. The background for this selection was outlined in ref. 1 with some discussion of the problems presented by radia- tion scettering from the radiator and its effects on the shield design, meteoroid protec- tion, two-phase flow in tapered tubes, and the effects of load on performance. .. - - ::. -- - - -- -- Radiator Design The design precepts upon which the ORNL radiators have been based can be presented by referring to the radiator in the reference design for a launch package shown in Fig. 1. This radiator consists of parallel banks of axially finned, tapered tubes arranged on the perimeter of a cylinder with an Alzak aluminum reflector placed behind each of the tubes -... --- - - - to reflect heat from their rear surfaces to space as shown in Fig. 2. The reflector can - . . . . . be contoured so that any ray emitted from the rear of the finned tube will be reflected out past the tips of the transverse fins to space. Aluminum with an Alzak finish appears to be well-suited to this application since its efficiency for speculer reflection 18 about 85%. Its equilibrium temperature at design.conditions will be about 600°F, which 18 satisfactory for anodized aluminum even in air. While this tube-and-reflector arrange- ment represents a major departure from the approaches used by most designers, it appears to be a sourd approach and has many advantages. Perhaps the most important of these is that it keeps both the fin weight and the amount of Area vulnerable to meteoroids to TEGAL NOTICE The report me prepared N AA nooount of coverunt meword works Netther the Owind | : Maws, ter the Commission, nor any person sotilas on behalf of the Counselo! . .. A. 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By surrounding the unit with a thin aluminum windshield, which could be in the form of the shutters indicated in Fig. 2, and foaming plastic between the wind- shield, the radiator tubes, and the aluminum reflector, a strong, stiff, vibration- resistant structure would be provided to resist the dynamic loads and severe vibration of a launch. When the power plant is warmed up in orbit, the polyurethane foara will be Lok*" volatilized into the high vacuum surrounding the spacecraft, and the windshield can be removed if it is a continuous sheet around the perimeter, or flaps such as those shown in Fig. 2 can be opened. The design calculations for the reference design radiator are summarized in Table 1. As shown in Fig. 2, the portion of the tube vulnerable to meteoroids was made 0.10 in. thick to reduce the probability of meteoroid penetration to 1% in 10,000 hr, while the rear portion of the tube was made 0.030 in. thick to give a probability of about 0.1% that an imperfection in the metal wall will lead to a leak. This consideration stems from extensive endurance test experience at ORNL with high temperature heat exchangers 2,3 This shows that individual grains often grow to a size of about 0.010 in., and since there may be imperfections in individual grain boundaries, it is best to make the tube wall thickness at least twice that of the largest grains, i.e., at least 0.020 in. thick." The thickness was increased to 0.030 in. to increase the system integrity because the resulting weight penalty was only 10 lb. For weight estimating purposes this gave an average tube wall thickness of 0.065 in. To reduce the fin weights, the fin thickness wae varied so that it would be directly proportional to the square of the distance from the outer tip. Copper was chosen as the fin material because it is ductile, its coef- ficient of thermal ·xpansion is close to that of stainless steel, and it is easily brazed. Ideally, beryllium fins would give a weight savings of about 60 lb, but beryllium 18 brittle, its coefficient of thermal expansion is only two-thirds that of stainless steel, and it is difficult to braze. Subsequent to the preparation of Fig. 1 it became evident that it would be better to increase the number of ducts radiating to each manifolå ring to six, and this was as sumed in preparing Table 1. The weight of the ducts and manifolds totals 280 lb, or - - 28% of the total radiator weight at launch. If allowance is made for the fact that these elexents are also designed to serve as structural members to support the turbine-generator under launching conditions, (a 10 g vertical acceleration would induce a 10,000 psi' stress in these parts) this weight does not appear excessive. The two sets of six radial ducts that extend from the central hub to the two manifold rings are 3.5 in. in diameter and have a wall thickness of 0.040 in. to resist buckling under ground test conditions where atmospheric pressure would tend to cause them to collapse. The circular manifolds also have a base wall thickness of 0.040 in. with an additional 0.060 in. of thickness on the outer portion to provide meteoroid protection. These circular ring manifolds teper from a diameter of 3.5 in. at the joints with the radial ducts to a diameter of 2 in. in the regions midway between the joints. In laying out the development test program for the MPRE, it became evident that a number of component test systems would be required to investigate major problem areas, :| and that condensers would be required for these systems. It was found that in many in- stances an adaptation of the tapered-tube elements of the radiator of Table 1 served to give about as inexpensive a condenser as could be obtained in any other way, and that use of a properly designed and instrumented condenser would yield invaluable information on the performance of this type of direct condensing radiator. Since the most important single question that arose in the course of the design studies was concerned with the control of the free liquid surfaces in the condenser under 0-g conditions, it was de- : cided to build some of these units for the test rigs so that they would operate with i the tube axes nearly horizontal. Since it was important that the liquid drain from the tubes after the test, the condensers were built as in Fig. 3 and run with the tubes. at a small angle from the horizontal to facilitate, drainage. It is important to note that analytical work indicated that the drag forcee acting to move liquid toward the out-': lets of these nearly horizontal tubes would be of the order of 100 times the gravitational forces under. Pull power flow conditions. Units were designed so that under high power 'conditions the tube taper gives a nearly constant vapor velocity down the tube from the ... Inlet to close to the outlet. • It happens that, as the power to be dissipated by the radiator is reduced, its tem- perature must of necessity drop. Ideally, the vapor pressure of the potassium in the radiator tubes would vary in such a way that the velocity of the vapor down the tubes would be constant irrespective or the power plant output, and the pressure would fall off in direct proportion to the power. If no control 18 exercised over the heat dissipation from the radiator to space, the potassium vapor pressure will fall off more rapidly than the heat load so that, as the power le reduced, the vapor velocity in the tubes will in- crcase to sonic velocity. Taus, while the pressure ratio between the tube inlet and out- let 18 quite small at full power, at part-load, if no shutters are operated to reduce the heat dissipation, this pressure ratio will increase to the point where a substantial tem- perature drop will occur along the length of the tube as a consequence of a series of oblique shocks in the vapor flow down the tube. The effects of load on the axial temperature distribution in the tubes of a direct condensing radiator were investigated both analytically and experimentally with the heat sink temperature as 'n parameter. The radiator temperature varied, of course, with the heat sink temperature, but, for the radiator proportions used, the axial temperature varied less than 30°F 1rrespective of the heat sink temperature over the load range from 100% power down to about 60% power. Some typical results of the analytical work are shown in Fig. 4 for loads of 50%, 30%, and 10% power. Note the good agreement in Fig. 5 between the analytical estimates and a set of experimental data for the same set of conditions. It is essential that the pressure at the inlet to a pump be appreciably above the vapor pressure. In ground tests It is possible to design the piping so that there will be sufficient static head to suppress cavitation at the inlet to-the condenser scavenging pump no matter how low the pressure at the condenser outlet. Under 0-g conditions, how- ever, cavitation suppression head may be obtained only by subcooling the condensate. Consequently, some means of reducing the heat losses from the condenser must be employed at reduced power so that condensing will occur at a temperature and pressure sufficiently high to make it possible to obtain the required cavitatiöö" suppression head by subcooling... . - . - - -- - --- IL · L'igure 4 shows that increasing the heat sink temperature is a good way to increase the condenser outlet temperature, hence the shutter arrangement of Fig. 2 affords a prom- ising approach. Some notion of the effectiveness of shutters can be obtained by consid- ering some envelope cases. For example, if shutters which are black on both sides are in a completely closed position, ideally they will cut the heat dissipation rate for a given tube temperature in half. If the shutters are black on the inside but have polished gola surfaces on the outside with an emissivity of 0.02, the heat dissipation at a given tem- perature would be reduced to only 2% with the shuttere in a closed position. The shutters will be particularly effective in reducing heat losses if their surfaces are specularly reflective and they are mounted close to the tubes as in Fig. 2 so that most of the heat rays emitted from the radiator tubes will be reflected back to the tubes after undergoing only one or a few reflections. In analyzing the heat losses as a function of shutter ang].e for the arrangement of Fig. 2, it was found that the view factor associated with specularly reflecting surfaces on the inside of the shutter led to a rapid change in heat dissipation for relatively small changes in shutter angle in the vicinity of angles of 45.to 60 deg. This effect 18 obviously undesirable because it gives a highly non-linear relation between the heat dis- dipation rate and shutter angle, a poor characteristic from the control standpoint. .A single full-span shutter door was then considered, and this was found to give' very much more desirable characteristics as can be seen in Fig. 6. Thus it appears that the single full-span shutter door is definitely superior to the two half-span doors, and hence the full-span door arrangement was chosen for further design purposes. Analyses indicate that the radiator temperature need not be controlled within close limits; the control device simply needs to reduce the effective emissivity and/or view factor sufficiently to keep the condenser heat dissipation rate within a factor of two to five of the ideal value. The design of the shutter operating mechanism presents a number of problems. Differ. : ential thermal expansion between the shutter blades, the reflector, and the tubes must be accommodated with a light weight installation without seriously interfering with alignment ..of the hinge points. One promising arrangement employs a flat sheet with a stiffening : ::6 i .: .. - . *. T magos - - ." F - . PL . c ** sp. mom bead along its outer edge and its inner edge pivoted on a wire stretched between brackets on the vapor and condensate manifolds. This would be actuated by bimetallic thermostat elements' mounted at either end. . One problem posed by this method of controlling the heat dissipation from the radia- tor stems from the effects of thermal convection when ground testing a unit in air. The initial test consisted of an electrically heated tube 4 ft long mounted vertically with a reflector and shutter. The stack effect with the shutter closed was so large that the shutter was much less effective than expected. These tests are being repeated with trans- . verse balfles at the ends designed to prevent vertical air flow over the tube. Test Experience It happens that steam at about 100°F 18 an excellent stand-in for potassium vapor at about 1000°F. in that the densities, viscosities, and heats of vaporization of the two fluids are about the same. Thus to reduce costs and to permit visual observation of the flow through glass, and plastic parts, the initial system tests were carried out with steam. One example of a unit designed for tests with steam is the flat slab condenser of Fig. 7. This was designed to permit observation of the movement of the condensate film on the cooled walls, and has eight parallel tapered passages for the steam. It was fabricated by sand- wiching. hollow, rectangular copper bus bars between two sheets of 1/2-in.-thick Plex.iglas. Other units built for tests with steam have included a bank of 12 tubes 7 ft long that tapered from a 0.60-in.-ID to 0.20-in.-ID.' Using tubes of the same size, a 144-tube bank similar to that of Fig. 3 was also built and tested in a steam system. Both of these units were water-cooled, hence fins were not required and were not used. The pressure drop at. full power output was so low (a few millimeters of mercury) in the tests with steam that it. was not possible to get an accurate check on the calculated pressure drop because of small' uncertainties associated with the pressure tap locations. However, within the limits of experimental error the test data were consistent with the calculated values. :: The first tests with potassium were run with the radiator of Fig. 8 which consisted of a single bank of 12 tubes. Because of a fabrication error, the feed pump discharge til. -., . denser and, as a consequence, the tubes vended to load up with liquid, giving an abrupt break in the axial temperature distribution at the liquid-vapor interface close to the out- let. When this condition was corrected, the temperature distribution in the condenser was quite uniform at the higher temperatures. At condenser temperatures below approximately 800°F, however, the temperature pattern shown in Fig. 9 was obtained. Note that near the outlet the outer tubes ran at temperatures almost 400°F below the inner tubes in the bank. This condition was undesirable because the consequent differential thermal expansion forced thermal distortion (see Fig. 10). At first the poor temperature distribution was charged to the greater temperature losses from the outer tubes but, if this had been the case, it is hard to see why the effect should have extended so far in from the outer boundaries. On further examination it was decided that the effects stemmed from sonic velocities in the vapor manifold. The vapor pipe feeding the center of the tube bank gave higher pressures in the center tubes and hence higher temperatures. Shock losses in the vapor manifold led to much lower pressures – and hence temperatures -- in the tubes farther from the center feed point. This condition was not encountered with steam be- cause the cooling water supply did not permit operation at a 10: enough temperature to give sonic velocities in the vapor manifold. As a consequence of this experience, all subsequent radiators have been designed so that choking will occur at the inlet to the tubes rather than in the vapor manifold so that the flow distribution to the various tubes will be uniform. Thus, when shock lusses do occur, they take place within the tubes and lead to an axial pressure and temperature gredient that is essentially the same for all of the tubes in the radiator. The potassium vapor direct condensing radiator of Fig. 3 was designed with the proportions indicated in Table 2 to dissipate 500 kw of heat at 1000°F. This has been operated for over 2000 hr in a potassium system. Figure 11 shows this condenser after installation in the heat sink, which consisted of a double-walled box designed so that about 90% of the heat emitted from the radiator would pass by thermal radiation to the inner wall of the box, while the remaining 10% would be dissipated by thermal convection. - 41 4 w momenten er de beste handi batean alder than one thing comes the The radiator was scavenged by two jet pumps, one serving each side. Each jet pump was connected to six banks of tubes (12 tubes per bank) by six lines of equal length to equalize the radiant heat losses and thus the amount of subcooling between the condensate manifolds and the jet pumps. The principal features of the installation can be discerned in Figs. 3 and 11. These jet pumps require a cavitation suppression head of about 0.2 1n. of potassium at 10% load, hence the radiator would not scavenge properly if the outlet temperature were allowed to drop below about 560°F under 0-g conditions at 10% load. Perhaps the most significant data obtained in the course of the test program are a series of infrared photographs taken of the condenser with no illumination other than the infrared light emitted from the radiator surfaces. Figures 12 and 13 were taken looking up from below at the essentially horizontal radiator (see Fig. 11). These pictures, made while the feed pump was scavenging the radiator çroperly, indicate that uniform scaveng- ing of the radiator was occurring, and that the radiator temperature distribution was surprisingly uniform. An indication of the sensitivity of this technique is given by the fact that the tenperature differential between the roots and tips of the Pins was only 25°F. Thermocouples in the field provided base points for evaluating the temperature from the local density of the image. The radiator surfaces had not been treated to give a high emissivity, hence light from the higher temperature vapor manifold at the center was reflected from local areas on the fins (which had warped and wrinkled somewhat during the brazing operation). After examining Figs. 12 and 13 with their apparently remarkably uniform temperature distribution, it was decided that it would be well to investigate the effect on the in- frared pictures of loading up the radiator with a substantial amount of liquid. This was done by partially closing a valve in the condensate return line from the condenser to the feed pump, and the photos of Figs. 14 and 15 were taken. The system was stabilized with - the liquid level in the expension tank at the boiler reduced by an amount consistent with - the quantity of liquid that Figs. 14 and 15 indicate had collected in the radiator tubes. Note the sharp drop in temperature near what must be the liquid-vapor interface in the in the radiator tubes. Note, too, the small scallop 10 the liquid interface positions .... . .. .. ...! across the tube banks, with less liquid holdup in the tubes near the center of any given 114 bank of 12 tubes. Refinements in exposure time and technique should permit detection of temperature differences less than 10°F. These pictures indicate that infrared photos will be an extremely useful tool for determining the temperature distribution in the condenser and the location of the liquid-vapor interface between the condenser and the condenser scavenging jet pump. ° Several observations can be made from the infrared photographs and the thermocouple and pressure gage data obtained. The operating pressure in the radiator as estimated from temperature measurements was about 0.15 psia. The pressure drop, as indicated by a potas- , sium manometer, ran about 0.1 psi at ful). load – too little to measure accurately. The thermocouple data and the infrared pictures indicate that vapor bubbles were leaving the radiator tubes, passing through the condensate manifold into the outlet line, and perhaps - in some cases - reaching the jet pumps. The unit was designed so that it should scavenge properly with no help from gravitational forces, and the test data indicate that this objective has been achieved when the scavenge pump has adequate capacity and the radiator outlet temperature is kept above some minimum value that depends on the cavitation suppres- sion head requirements of the scavenging pump. The 144 tubes have operated nicely in. parallel with no sign of flow instabilities and no maldistribution in the flow sufficient to cause any apparent warping of the tubes in 2000 hr of operation under a wide variety of conditions. The latter indicates that proportioning the vapor manifold so that sonic velocities will be reached in the tube inlets before they will be reached in the manifold 18 an effective solution to the problem cited earlier in connection with Figs. 9 and 10. The next step in vur program will be to run a larger system with a full-scale version of the radiator of Fig. 1 and Table 1. The appearance of the test radiator in the course of fabrication is shown iø Fig. 16. To reduce fabrication costs the tubes for this test unit have been made with a uniform thickness of 0.050 in., and the fins have been made of stainless steel cled copper sheet with a uniform thickness of 0.040 in. of which 0.030 in. lies in the copper core. The surfaces will be treated with a high emissivity coating. - . . 2 . . ? . . . . . Another cost-saving measure was the increase in the wall thickness of the ducts and mani- folds to about 1./8 in. to facilitate fabrication in our shops. Table 1. Performance, Dimensional, and Weight Data for the Radiator of the Reference Design for a Launch Package . : Item Value 860 2.93 x 106 8560: . 0.92 0.86 0.87 435 . 14.0 7.0 1500 0.0035 887 Power to be dissipated, kw Power to be dissipated, Btu/hr Ideal dissipation at 1500°F to 500°F sink, Btu/hr.ft2 Emissivity of treated surface Fin efficiency Reflector efficiency Area required, fta Height of cylinder for 10-ft diameter vehicle, ft Tube length, ft . Vapor temperature, 'R Vapor density, 10/ft3 Latent heat of vaporization, Btu/10 Vapor quality, % Potassium flow rate, 1b/sec Vapor volume flow rate, ft3/sec Vapor velocity at tube inlet, ft/sec Vapor flow passage area at tube inlets, ft Number of tubes Tube inlet flow passage area 'per tube, fts. . Tube inlet ID, in. Liquid density at tube outlet, lb/ft3 Tube outlet liquid flow rate, ft3/sec - Tube outlet ID, in.. Tube outlet area (per tube), ft? . Tube outlet area (total), fta Tube outlet velocity, ft/sec (for liquia). Fin span, in. 91.7 1.0 262 400 0.655 96 0.0068 1.1 44.0 0.0228 0.30 0.0049 0.060 0:38 3.2 Table 1. (Cont.) Item · Value ! t = 6(x/w)2 0.46 20.0 1:2 0.092 70 . 290 120 100 Fin cross-section shape 0.408 w Vh/kb for 90% fin efficiency Equivalent heat-transfer coefficient, Btu/hr• ft2.°F Mean fin height, in. Fin root thickness, in. Vulnerable surface area (total), fta Weight of copper fins, lb Weight of 0.065-in.-average wall thickness tapered stainless steel tubes, lb (in- cluding 70 lb armor) Weight of 0.010-in.-thick aluminum reflector, lb Weight of 3.5 in. diam radial vapor ducts 15.2 ft long, 0.040 in. thick, lb | Weight of ring manifolds, lb Weight of armor for ring manifolds, lb Weight of inlet duct and hub, lb i Weight of 0.010-in.-thick aluminum shutters with operators, lb 'Weight of 1.5-1b/ft3 polyurethene foam, lb Weight of aluminum meteoroid bumper at top end, lb Total launch weight, lb Net weight after vaporizing polyurethane, lb 95 . 50 100 100 10 1000 900 Table 2. 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Comparison of Experimental Data with the Analytically Estimated Axial Tempera- ture Distribution lä the Radiator of Fig. 3 at 17% Load for Three Heat Sink Temperatures IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIDUMNIOTILISSIMI IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IUC TOTAN TAMIL IIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIMIINII. F1 * 6. Effects of Shutter Opening Angle on the Heat Dissipation Rate at a constant Radiator Tube Temperature for Both the Two Hall-Span Shutters of Fig. 2 and a Single Full-Span Shutter. . . . *. ,LT:; ORNL-LR-DWG 71036 RECIRCULATING WATER IN TAPERED CHANNELS C . . WATER OUT SOI Ol! C331 OOONNNN SIL - 23-01 STEAM IN - CONDENSATE OUT COOLING WATER IN LUCITE WATER OUT STEAM IN Fig. 7. Schematic Diagram of a Flat-Plate Condenser Designed to Permit Visual Observation of Steam Condensate Flow in Tapered Channels. F TV . - - . 2. - -- .- - -- . - - - - * M . IT IDT 6 10 4. : T . - - - - - - 71 . ST 1 - . . .. 1 7 . . . ., . ... 1 . . : SA : i . s .. Y 12 . T LL - mineralne 2 . W ..: Fig. 8. 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Direct Condenser with 144 Tapered Tubes Installed in a Potassium . i. . ' 'K . . . CT ) 1. DIRE . . 412 TI c - - - - - .!! NAX YA A .. r.. . PE .NET . .? inson .1. 17 -T- - + * * * ... - . Y 1 LP . 1 . ' . . zi . . '. * . 1 1 AUTO U TILILT NAILSEIL MILLID MITT SAMENLHHHHFHFHOILEREIZ!! STIILIHEEL WALL 21 . → . . ' PL SU LA SH C 1 * * 2 M C . * ... US . + . . 1 . A . 1 3 ry . 1 + - Yi * TA 3 * '. Primera . **Monovo . .smin KEMI . . M IS . . . 1 1 V . VY $ . 1 . bring land 12 . . i. . n . spr. on moments i 17 . internet produk NU 2 . . " 1 . 1. . * TI t . . . tion den . . . * ii. VID R. LE 2. -.. 1 i SK . . La L. T ST . 1 . . . - ". A . . . It 1, AT 12 - Fig. 12. Photo Made with Polaroid Infrared Film Looking up from Below at the IPS Radiator Running at about 850°F with the Scavenging Pump Cavitating. There was little liquid in the radiator except in the form of films on the tube walls. * OS T CY + Y. . . . . . . 1 A- . . Star . 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Infrared Photo of the Radiator at Essentially the Same Power and Temperature Conditions as for Fig. 12, Except that the Valve in the Line Leaving, the Scavenging Pump Was Partially · ... Closed so that the Scavenging Pump Stopped Cavitating, Liquid Inventory Distribution in the System Shifted and the Outer 8 in. or so of the Radiator Tribes Operated Full of Liquid. 45 -: IL 1. HLEHT 11 +++A 1 . . i I SIA . 31, .icoob.. . . P . *1 YA IS . . } . . . + 12 . i 1 + . - " . . * 2 F . . . . ,.. F . 1. . TE toia STY 1. .--- . i. :I .2 -* II 7 ca . . 1 . .. ' I $ .. . . . 1- I. . 2 . , ' ' .' . ti IN . . .m . . - * C1 . 1 - TY » . > 1S ! YFIR A : . . . .. . . - 3 + . T 2 . - HO . / a D EN V . ar . E . 1 .S A Y : Ti Ha'. - S Fig. 15. Closeup Infrared Photo of the Outboard Ends of the Tubes and the Condensate Manifolds Made at the Same Time as Fig. 14 to show the Steep Temperature Gradient in the vicinity of the Liana Sunless when the Parkban II ! ... - - . I . . . T'e, it't.* 2 . . . . . " E' . , . VISSA . * . * . * . * 2 io. 1 -- -. A 10. Y . - - - F RE TS " - - . TV . ini WY 11 m ..-- S - . : . N -- - . IN 1 M : . $ N 1 . -- 99 . ". > a Fig. :16. A 20 ft diameter Tube Bank for a large Potassium Direct Condenser Being Fabricated in the ORNL Welding Shop... ' ! ,.. ili utr. 17 ry. 1 ii PO 2 aina 4 - { . L . 1 -'- '. . * . : SAR 2 .. - . . e V airyr solidarito....am 1 _ M within * A, LI * , . ' 11 ROTORENCES 1. A. P. Fraas, "The MPRE - A Boiling Potassium Reactor System, " Third Biennial Aero- space Power Systems Conference, ATAA, September 1-4, 1964. 2. R. E. MacPherson, J. C. Amos, and H. W. Bevege, "Development Testing of Liquid Metal and Molten Salt Heat Exchangers," Nucl. Sci. Engu, 8(1), July 1960. Arthur 2. Fraas, "Reliability as a Criterion in Nuclear Space Powerplant Design," Air Transport and Space Meeting, New York, April 27-30, 1964. 4. A. P. Fraas, "Design Precepts for High-Temperature Heat Exchangers," Nucl. Sci. Eng., 8(1), July 1960. 5. R. B. Korsmeyer, "Condensing Flow in Finned, Tapered Tubes," USAEC Report ORNL-TM-534, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, May, 1963. 6. H. J. Metz, and M. M. Yarosh, "Experiences and Developments in Instrumentation for ... Liquid Metal Experiments," Fourth High-Temperature Liquid-Metal Heat Transfer Techno- logy Conference, September 28-29, 1965, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois. 0 . . . montanamorow .com -**** awam dith more than where the momen BUK ALAKKEN SLK Meta L die hart het inte liten stund es kleine die hele herlic h 9/ 8 / DATE FILMED END A: STYS SI