A Bubble-Breaking Effect in a Sodium Boiling Test

A. Galati; S. Migliori

doi:dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE85-A17678

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Home / Publications / Journals / Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 90 / Number 2

A Bubble-Breaking Effect in a Sodium Boiling Test

A. Galati, S. Migliori

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 90 / Number 2 / June 1985 / Pages 209-213

Technical Note / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE85-A17678

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An improvement of a single-bubble model in sodium boiling is discussed. A bubble-breaking effect is inductively inferred from an analysis of experimental data and is related to the local geometric enlargement of the flow channel. A simple bubble-breaking mechanism is consistently introduced in the basic equation, thus obtaining a more satisfying agreement between measured and calculated quantities.