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High Void Fraction Measurements in Full-Scale Heat Transfer Tests

Gian Piero Celata, Franco Vittorio Frazzoli

Nuclear Technology / Volume 54 / Number 3 / September 1981 / Pages 422-425

Technical Note / Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT81-A32788

A neutron gauge has been utilized for the accurate and precise evaluation of high void fraction in a full-scale facility for heat transfer tests; details are given about the implementation of the calibration mathematical model Finally, experimental results are compared with prediction from theoretical correlations.