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Heat and Mass Transfer and Physical Gasdynamics
2008. V. 46. № 4. P. 495–501
Balunov B.F., Belov A.A., Il'in V.A., Shcheglov A.A., Saikova E.N.
Thermohydraulic processes in a heat pipe with a central circulation insert at low pressure
Annotation
Results are given of an experimental investigation of thermohydraulic processes occurring in a compact natural-circulation loop (heat pipe with a central circulation insert) at a low pressure of steam-water mixture, including low vacuum $p_{top} = 22$–176 kPa. Consideration is given to axial heat transfer in nonboiling water under conditions of bubbling mode of loop operation; to superheating of water, which rises up the adiabatic region, relative to the saturation temperature; and to true void fraction and hydrodynamic stability of natural circulation.
Article reference:
Balunov B.F., Belov A.A., Il'in V.A., Shcheglov A.A., Saikova E.N. Thermohydraulic processes in a heat pipe with a central circulation insert at low pressure, High Temp., 2008. V. 46. № 4. P. 495