Condensation in capillary-driven two-phase loops

Autor: Serin Valérie, Lavieille Pascal, Miscevic Marc, Soupremanien Ulrich, Médéric Béatrice
Přispěvatelé: Institut universitaire des systèmes thermiques industriels (IUSTI), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Groupe de Recherche Energétique, Plasmas et Hors Equilibre (LAPLACE-GREPHE), LAboratoire PLasma et Conversion d'Energie (LAPLACE), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT), Pagès, Nathalie
Rok vydání: 2007
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Zdroj: Microgravity Science and Technology
Microgravity Science and Technology, 2007, 19 (3-4), pp.116-120
International Topical Team Workshop on Two-Phase Systems for Ground and Space Applications, Kyoto, Japan
International Topical Team Workshop on Two-Phase Systems for Ground and Space Applications, Kyoto, Japan, 2007, Kyoto, Japan
ISSN: 1875-0494
0938-0108
DOI: 10.1007/bf02915770
Popis: This paper deals with certain aspects of convective condensation phenomena and condenser behaviour in capillary-driven cooling loops (CPL or LHP) studied in the LAPLACE laboratory, Toulouse. The effects of phase distribution, in the condenser, on the stability and the reliability of the whole system were studied. A model is proposed for convective condensation at low mass fluxes in a microgravity-like situation. The numerical results are in good agreement with experimental data. On increasing the mass flux, both numerical and experimental results suggest that the stationary state no longer exists, and intrinsic instabilities occur and develop in the condenser. The effects of such instabilities, as well as flow regime transitions, on loop behaviour remain an open question.
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