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New coolants, new fuels: A new generation of university reactors
Here’s an easy way to make aging U.S. power reactors look relatively youthful: Compare them (average age: 43) with the nation’s university research reactors. The 25 operating today have been licensed for an average of about 58 years.
F. W. Staub
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 35 | Number 2 | February 1969 | Pages 190-199
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A21134
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Modeling of two-phase hydrodynamic phenomena with a refrigerant (Freon) has been carried out for several years because of the lower cost of experimentation with this working fluid. Freon-12a modeling of the critical-heat-flux condition, a coupled hydrodynamic thermal phenomenon, has recently been reported. The effort described here represents an extension of the critical-heat-flux modeling work using Freon-22.b A recently proposed correlation method, comparing Freon and water data, has been modified, and good agreement is shown between water and Freon-22 test results in a round tube with and without a twisted ribbon insert. The modeling technique is also extended to cover inlet subcooling and the operating pressure effect. In addition, some liquid-metal and water critical-heat-flux data are compared.