Experimental investigation of the turbulent heavy liquid metal heat transfer in the thermal entry region of a vertical annulus with constant heat flux on the inner surface

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 55, Issue 23-24, 2012, Pages 6435-6445

  Marocco, Luca ^a   Loges, André ^b   Wetzel, Thomas ^b   Stieglitz, Robert ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Annulus; Liquid metal; Mixed convection; Thermal entry region; Turbulent convection

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; FLUIDS; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; LEAD; LIQUID METAL COOLED REACTORS; LIQUID METALS; LIQUIDS; MIXED CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRANDTL NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

ANNULUS; CONVECTIVE COEFFICIENT; ENTRY REGION; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; LOCAL NUSSELT NUMBER; MOLECULAR DIFFUSION; TURBULENT CONVECTION; TURBULENT DIFFUSION;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 84865708150     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2012.06.037     Document Type: Article

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