Final report on Production Test 105-8-P -- Film formation [electronic resource].
Published
Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 1946. Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
Tests made prior to beginning operation of the 100 Areas showed that the cooling water had a tendency to deposit a film upon the slug and tubs surfaces. This film would manifest itself as an increase in the pressure drop through the tubes and its most serious affect would be the resultant decrease in the slug to water host transfer coefficient which would increase the slug surface temperature, causing greatly accelerated corrosion rates. It was thus proposed to study film formation an a production test. This report discusses this test.