The Transient Response Characteristics of a Single-Tube Once-Through Steam Generator.

Abstract

Mathematical representation of the transient response characteristics of the fluid-side of a single-tube, once-through steam generator is one of the most challenging problems in the automatic control field today. A simplified distributed-parameter model based on constant pressure and constant heat flux is developed in closed-form for a step change in inlet flow rate. This analytical model describes both the transient response of the fluid-side of the steam generator and a continuity wave phenomenon which traverses the tube as the transient takes place. The experimental apparatus used in the evaluation of this model is described. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 28, 1971
Accession Number
AD0749359

Entities

People

  • Kenneth C. Holmboe

Organizations

  • Pennsylvania State University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Automatic
  • Continuity
  • Flow Rate
  • Generators
  • Heat Flux
  • Steam Generators
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) Technology.