Vapor-liquid phase separator studies
Abstract
Porous plugs serve as both entropy rejection devices and phase separation components separating the vapor phase on the downstream side from liquid Helium 2 upstream. The liquid upstream is the cryo-reservoir fluid needed for equipment cooling by means of Helium 2, i.e Helium-4 below its lambda temperature in near-saturated states. The topics outlined are characteristic lengths, transport equations and plug results.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- October 1983
- Bibcode:
- 1983STIN...8417527Y
- Keywords:
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- Entropy;
- Laminar Flow;
- Liquid-Vapor Interfaces;
- Plugs;
- Separated Flow;
- Size Distribution;
- Cryogenic Equipment;
- Interfacial Tension;
- Liquid Helium;
- Permeability;
- Phase Separation (Materials);
- Porosity;
- Pressure Effects;
- Stainless Steels;
- Viscosity;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer