TESTING OF LIQUID-METAL BOILERS FOR RANKINE-CYCLE POWER SYSTEMS. VOLUME I. DISCUSSION.
Abstract
Two multitube potassium boilers were designed, built, and tested in a 400 thermal kilowatt heat transfer loop. The first boiler was a 19-tube (1/4-inch inside diameter), tube and shell boiler with sodium as the heating fluid in the shell and potassium in the tubes. The second was similar, with 12-tubes of 3/8-inch inside diameter inside the same shell. The nominal design points for the two boilers were common. Both units were a 10 percent power module of a boiler designed for a 300-kw sub e space power system. Performance of both boilers included exit conditions of 40 percent quality to 150 F superheat and both parallel flow and counter flow operation. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1967
- Accession Number
- AD0814827
Entities
People
- J. A. Boppart
- P. J. Berenson
- R. A. Collins