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CONTENTS
Introduction
Description of Equipment
Test Procedure
Method of Calculation
Correlation of Data
Test Results
Discussion of Results
Conclusions
Nomenclature
Appendix 1 Equation for Intermediate Axial Stream Temperature with Logarithmic Distribution
Appendix 2 Derivation of Equations for Wilson Line Analysis
Appendix 3 Physical Properties of the Fluoride Salt NaF ZrF , UF, (50 46 4 mole %)
and of Sodium Potassium Eutectic Alloy
Appendix 4 Sample Calculation of Data Point 4
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TURBULENT HEAT TRANSFER FROM A MOLTEN FLUORIDE SALT MIXTURE TO
SODIUM POTASSIUM ALLOY IN A DOUBLE TUBE HEAT EXCHANGER
D F Salmon
INTRODUCTION
Circulating fuel reactor systems for high per
formance high temperature power plants place
exacting requirements on the fluids which must
serve as heat transfer media It 1s necessary that
the fluids have good heat transfer properties be
stable chemically at an elevated temperature have
a reasonably low melting point be compatible
with container materials and require only a min
mum in pumping power Aside from the chemical
problem involved in finding materials with which
the proper amount of nuclear fuel may be com
bined there are the research and the experimenta
tion required to determine whether the above
mentioned specifications are met
Mixtures of fluoride salts were found to show
promise for the circulating fuel application This
report 1s concerned with an experiment to measure
the heat transfer characteristics of the fluoride
salt mixture NaF ZrF , UF , (50 46 4 mole %)
The primary purpose of the experiment was to
make a correlation of film heat transfer coeffi
cients and a secondary purpose was to determine
the effect on heat transfer of deposits resulting
from corrosion or mass transfer of container ma
terials
DESCRIPTION OF EQUIPMENT
A schematic diagram of the various components of
the test apparatus 1s shown in Fig 1
The only pump available for the fluoride salt
circuit was a type 316 starnless steel sump pump
capable of delivering 10 gpm at 40 ft of head and
3600 rpm This pump was designed for high
temperature application and for liquids which could
not be sealed against directly at the shaft in the
ordinary manner It had a water cooled rotary face
seal for maintaining an inert gas blanket on the
fluid being pumped An automatic level control
system was provided for maintaining the liquid
level in the pump within prescribed limits
The heat transfer coefficients were measured in
a double tube heat exchanger The fluoride salt
was cooled in the center tube by a countercurrent
flow in the annulus of sodium potassium alloy
(hereafter referred to as NaK) The center tube of
the heat exchanger made of nickel was 0 269 in
in inside diameter with a length to diameter ratio
of 40 The outer tube was 3‘4 in schedule 40
type 316 stainless steel pipe which was rigidly
connected to the center tube at one end and
bellows joined at the other end to allow for dif
ferential expansion
Heating of the fluoride salt was accomplished in
a length of 1 in schedule 40 Inconel pipe by
electrical tube furnace elements assembled on the
pipe and covered with preformed insulation The
NaK stream was cooled by natural convection of
air in a section of finned pipe which was ducted
and provided with a damper for control
The NaK was circulated by a conventiondl
electromagnetic pump The fluoride salt and the
NoK flaw rates were measured by water calibrated
venturi tubes the calibrations were corrected to
reflect the discharge coefficients and the dif
ferences 1n densities of the respective fluids An
electromagnetic flowmeter was also available for
determining the NaK fiow rate
Inlet and outlet temperatures of the fluoride salt
and the NaK were measured by fixed Inconel
sheathed Chromel Alumel probes on the center
lines of the piping An adjustable probe that was
provided in the annulus of the heat exchanger
could be brought in touch-contact with the outer
surface of the center tube wall for temperature
measurement These probes were calibrated to
]/2°F against a National Bureau of Standards
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certified platinum—platinum-rhodium thermocouple
in a calibrating furnace. Thermocouple readings
were taken on a Leeds and Northrup K-2 potenti-
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Figures 2, 3, and 4 are photographs of the test
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TEST PROCEDURE
The melting point of the fluoride salt was approxi
mately 960°F ! and consequently 1t was neces
sary at all times to maintain the walls of the
fluoride salt system above this value In fact the
walls were kept at from 50 to 100°F above the
melting point as a precaution against freezing
For all runs the electrical power to the fluoride
]Physrcal Property Charts for Some Reactor Fuels
Coolants and Miscellanecus Material (3rd Edition)
ORNL CF 53 3-261 (March 20 1953)
salt heaters was controlled to maintain a constant
inlet temperature to the heat exchanger The
fluoride salt pump speed was set to give a desired
flow rate and this flow was maintained for a
series of different NaK flow rates The damper to
the NaK cooling section was adjusted in each
case to hasten attainment of steady state condi
tions before data were recorded Data were taken
during each run at each NaK flow rate a total of
80 data points was taken
METHOD OF CAL CULATION
A heat balance on the fluoride salt and NaK
streams in the heat exchanger was made initally
to serve as a check on the validity of the data and
to provide the basis for calculation of the heat
flux g/A_ The value of g used for determining
the heat flux was an average of that obtained by
applying the first two of Eqs 1 to the fluoride salt
and NaK streams
(1)
wF C‘F AtF
Sy
It
wN CN AL‘N
U, Ao AILM
where the subscripts F and N refer to the fluoride
salt and the NaK respectively The insulation
heat loss from the heat exchanger was neglected
since 1t was in actuality less than 1% The over
all heat transfer coefficient was calculated from
the third of Eqs 1
q/Ao
(2) u, = ~
LM
The adjustable probe located 16 diameters down
stream from the fluoride inlet provided the outer
surface temperature of the center tube from the
outer surface temperature the inside surface tem
perature was determined by using the conduction
equation
| %
n
q, D)
3 t - oy
3 wF wN 2flkwL
A loganthmic axial distribution of temperature
was assumed for calculating the stream tempera
ture opposite the measured wall temperature Der
ivations of the equations for obtaining these
temperatures are presented in Appendix 1 The
following equations were then used to arrive at a
film heat transfer coefficient
9a
(4) by =
Altpg 4y = twr]
and
7 v
) by =
Altun = thio 4y
An individual heat transfer coefficient may be
distingui shed from the film coefficients given above
in that 1t 1s obtained by separation of the over all
coefficient defined in Eq 2 Some such separation
process s always required when the difficult
problem of measuring surface temperature is not
attempted In this case the valuable graphical
analysis of the over all heat transfer coefficient
attributed to Wilson by McAdams? is useful The
analysis 1s based on the premise that a plot of
]/Uo vs 1/0% 8 will produce a straight line if one
of the fluid velocities s held constant and the
other 1s varied over a specific range of values
Wilson s method was applied to the data of this
experiment as shown in Fig 5 where 1/U_ 1s
plotted against 1/v,,° 8 The run with the greatest
number of values for NaK velocity was used to
2y H McAdams Heat Transmission 2d ed
McGraw Hill New York 1942
p 273
establish the slope of the lines The lines were
extrapolated to 1/v,,9 8 = 0 which was equivalent
to letting the NaK velocity approach infinity in
which case the NaK film resistance /b, ap-
proached zero
By assuming the value of »_ to be constant
along each of the Wilson lines an individual co
efficient for NaK was separated form the over all
coefficient by using the following equation (derived
in Appendix 2)
An individual heat transfer coefficient for the ]
fluoride salt was then separated from the extrapo (7) by =
lated over all coefficient at ]/UN0 8 by using the _]___ 122 — 0 0000788
equation (derived in Appendix 2) U, F
122
(6) by =
— 0 0000788
C SSFE
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4 A ® DATA POINTS 2 6 7 8
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Fig 5 Wilson Line Plot
CORRELATION OF DATA
Dimensional analysis of the physical properties
together with the hydrodynamic and geometric
factors affecting heat transfer between a turbulently
flowing fluild and a bounding surface such as a
tube gives a product function of the Nusselt
Reynolds and Prandt| moduli The function s
usually written as
(8) Nu = CRe™Pr?
The relationships of these parameters for ordinary
fluids such as water gases or oils as differ
entiated from liquid metals have been empirically
determined from the data of many experimental
investigations
the exponent » 1s 0 8 However for the constant
C and the exponent p there 1s variation in the
evidence the values depend on whether the fluid
1s being heated or cooled on the magnitude of the
fluild viscosity and on whether the evaluation 1s
based on the bulk temperature of the stream or on
an average of this temperature and the surface
temperature
McAdams recommends® for fluids of high wvis
cosity that 1s presumably higher than twice
that of water the Colburn equation
The generally accepted value for