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We describe an experimental installation, a model, a test procedure, and results from experimental investigations into hydrodynamics and heat transfer during the boiling of an eutectic sodium-potassium alloy in a system of two parallel channels that simulate the operating conditions of channels in a typical fast-neutron reactor.
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Original Russian Text © A.D. Efanov, A.P. Sorokin, E.F. Ivanov, G.P. Bogoslovskaya, V.V. Ivanov, A.D. Volkov, G.A. Sorokin, I.R. Zueva, 2007, published in Teploenergetika.
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Efanov, A.D., Sorokin, A.P., Ivanov, E.F. et al. Heat transfer under natural convection of liquid metal during its boiling in a system of channels. Therm. Eng. 54, 214–222 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0040601507030081
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