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Film Boiling in Magnetic Field in Liquid Metals with Particular Reference to Fusion Reactor Project

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The author examine the influence of magnetic field on the boiling frequency in liquid metals. From a consideration of a model for the development magnetohydrodynamic Taylor instabilities at the interface vapor liquid the most striking result is the suppression of boiling at high values of the magnetic field. The above important conclusion agree wit the available experimental measurements made on mercury.

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Abbreviations

g :

Gravity acceleration

B :

Magnetic field

h :

Heat transfer coefficient

H :

Magnetic field intensity

k :

Wave number

q″:

Heat flux per unit area

ΔT :

Superheat, T w − T s

t :

Time

T s :

Saturation temperature

T w :

Heater wall temperature

Δh :

Enthalpy of vaporization

α:

Electrical conductivity

η:

Distance perpendicular to liquid–vapor interface

λ:

Wave length

ρ:

Density

σ:

Surface tension

γ:

 −iω Growth coefficient

ω:

Wave frequency

μ:

Magnetic permeability

v :

Vapor

l :

Liquid

B :

On presence of magnetic field

0:

Reference value when B = 0

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The author wishes to thank Professor Perez Madrid of Department of Fundamental Physics of the University of Barcelona-Spain. F.J.A. presents this work as a thesis to the Department of Physics and Nuclear Engineering at the Technical University of Catalonia, in partial fulfillment with the requirements for the Ph.D. Degree. Portion of this work was performed under auspices and financial support of the Council for Nuclear Safety CSN-Spain.

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Arias, F.J. Film Boiling in Magnetic Field in Liquid Metals with Particular Reference to Fusion Reactor Project. J Fusion Energ 29, 130–133 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10894-009-9244-8

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