Evaluation of a heat exchanger for use in the Integrated Equipment Test facility solvent-extraction system
Abstract
The primary decontamination extraction section product (HAP) heat exchanger will be located between the extracting section (HA) and scrubbing section (HS) of centrifugal solvent extraction contactors in the Integrated Equipment Test (IET) facility. The heat exchanger is required to raise the temperature of the organic product stream from the HA contactor from 40 to 500 C. Tests were conducted under prototypic IET operating conditions to determine the head requirements for gravity flow and the overall heat transfer coefficient for the heat exchanger. Results from the tests indicated that the specified heat exchanger would perform satisfactorily under normal operating conditions.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- December 1982
- Bibcode:
- 1982STIN...8324823L
- Keywords:
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- Decontamination;
- Gravitation;
- Heat Exchangers;
- Heat Transfer;
- Heat Transfer Coefficients;
- Solvent Extraction;
- Washing;
- Energy Conservation;
- Equipment Specifications;
- Head (Fluid Mechanics);
- Performance Tests;
- Research Facilities;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer