FliHy experimental facilities for studying open channel turbulent flows and heat transfer

B. Freeze; M. Dagher; T. Sketchley; N. Morley; S. Smolentsev; M. Abdou

doi:10.1016/S0920-3796(02)00268-5

FliHy experimental facilities for studying open channel turbulent flows and heat transfer

B. Freeze, M. Dagher, T. Sketchley, N. Morley, S. Smolentsev, M. Abdou

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

3 Scopus citations

Abstract

The FliHy (Flibe Hydrodynamics) facility was constructed at UCLA to study open channel turbulent flow and heat transfer of low-thermal and -electrical conductivity fluids. At present, water is used as a stimulant fluid for molten salt, e.g. Flibe. A similarity analysis matched the dimensionless parameters in the experiment with those in the ARIES-RS First Wall design. Unlike previous studies of open channel flow, the goal of the present one is to study supercritical flow regimes (Fr > 1), in which the surface waves are amplified and heat transfer is enhanced due to surface renewal. The paper describes the facility and gives the results of measurements of the flow thickness and their analysis.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	391-395
Number of pages	5
Journal	Fusion Engineering and Design
Volume	63-64
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0920-3796(02)00268-5
State	Published - Dec 2002
Externally published	Yes

Funding

We gratefully acknowledge the support provided by the Japanese Ministry of Education and U.S. Department of Energy through contract DE-FG03-86ER52123.

Funders	Funder number
Japanese Ministry of Education and U.S. Department of Energy	DE-FG03-86ER52123

Keywords

APEX
Heat transfer
Liquid wall
Surface waves
Turbulence
Ultrasound

Access to Document

10.1016/S0920-3796(02)00268-5

Cite this

@article{dd6c3188cf6d44e081de09f70c08b21d,

title = "FliHy experimental facilities for studying open channel turbulent flows and heat transfer",

abstract = "The FliHy (Flibe Hydrodynamics) facility was constructed at UCLA to study open channel turbulent flow and heat transfer of low-thermal and -electrical conductivity fluids. At present, water is used as a stimulant fluid for molten salt, e.g. Flibe. A similarity analysis matched the dimensionless parameters in the experiment with those in the ARIES-RS First Wall design. Unlike previous studies of open channel flow, the goal of the present one is to study supercritical flow regimes (Fr > 1), in which the surface waves are amplified and heat transfer is enhanced due to surface renewal. The paper describes the facility and gives the results of measurements of the flow thickness and their analysis.",

keywords = "APEX, Heat transfer, Liquid wall, Surface waves, Turbulence, Ultrasound",

author = "B. Freeze and M. Dagher and T. Sketchley and N. Morley and S. Smolentsev and M. Abdou",

year = "2002",

month = dec,

doi = "10.1016/S0920-3796(02)00268-5",

language = "English",

volume = "63-64",

pages = "391--395",

journal = "Fusion Engineering and Design",

issn = "0920-3796",

publisher = "Elsevier",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - FliHy experimental facilities for studying open channel turbulent flows and heat transfer

AU - Freeze, B.

AU - Dagher, M.

AU - Sketchley, T.

AU - Morley, N.

AU - Smolentsev, S.

AU - Abdou, M.

PY - 2002/12

Y1 - 2002/12

N2 - The FliHy (Flibe Hydrodynamics) facility was constructed at UCLA to study open channel turbulent flow and heat transfer of low-thermal and -electrical conductivity fluids. At present, water is used as a stimulant fluid for molten salt, e.g. Flibe. A similarity analysis matched the dimensionless parameters in the experiment with those in the ARIES-RS First Wall design. Unlike previous studies of open channel flow, the goal of the present one is to study supercritical flow regimes (Fr > 1), in which the surface waves are amplified and heat transfer is enhanced due to surface renewal. The paper describes the facility and gives the results of measurements of the flow thickness and their analysis.

AB - The FliHy (Flibe Hydrodynamics) facility was constructed at UCLA to study open channel turbulent flow and heat transfer of low-thermal and -electrical conductivity fluids. At present, water is used as a stimulant fluid for molten salt, e.g. Flibe. A similarity analysis matched the dimensionless parameters in the experiment with those in the ARIES-RS First Wall design. Unlike previous studies of open channel flow, the goal of the present one is to study supercritical flow regimes (Fr > 1), in which the surface waves are amplified and heat transfer is enhanced due to surface renewal. The paper describes the facility and gives the results of measurements of the flow thickness and their analysis.

KW - APEX

KW - Heat transfer

KW - Liquid wall

KW - Surface waves

KW - Turbulence

KW - Ultrasound

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0036903776&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1016/S0920-3796(02)00268-5

DO - 10.1016/S0920-3796(02)00268-5

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:0036903776

SN - 0920-3796

VL - 63-64

SP - 391

EP - 395

JO - Fusion Engineering and Design

JF - Fusion Engineering and Design

ER -

FliHy experimental facilities for studying open channel turbulent flows and heat transfer

Abstract

Funding

Keywords

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this