LOW-GRAVITY POOL-BOILING HEAT TRANSFER.

Abstract

The results are presented of an investigation into the characteristics of pool boiling at reduced gravity. Experimental data taken in a 1.8-second drop tower, using water as the test fluid, are given for a 0.020-inch diameter platinum wire and 1/8-inch and 1/4-inch platinum ribbons. In the range of nucleate boiling no significant influence of gravity or geometry was observed whereas the critical heat flux was affected by both gravity and the geometry of the container as well as by the time at reduced gravity. (Auchor)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0437803

Entities

People

  • Robert Glen Clodfelter

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boiling
  • Containers
  • Diameters
  • Electric Propulsion
  • Energy
  • Experimental Data
  • Geometry
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Flux
  • Heat Transfer
  • Nucleate Boiling
  • Platinum

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Structural Dynamics.