Comments on “Behaviour of inert gas bubbles under chemical concentration gradients” by G.P. Tiwari

1998 ◽  
Vol 252 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 156-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.H. Evans ◽  
A. van Veen
Author(s):  
O. M. Katz

The swelling of irradiated UO2 has been attributed to the migration and agglomeration of fission gas bubbles in a thermal gradient. High temperatures and thermal gradients obtained by electron beam heating simulate reactor behavior and lead to the postulation of swelling mechanisms. Although electron microscopy studies have been reported on UO2, two experimental procedures have limited application of the results: irradiation was achieved either with a stream of inert gas ions without fission or at depletions less than 2 x 1020 fissions/cm3 (∼3/4 at % burnup). This study was not limited either of these conditions and reports on the bubble characteristics observed by transmission and fractographic electron microscopy in high density (96% theoretical) UO2 irradiated between 3.5 and 31.3 x 1020 fissions/cm3 at temperatures below l600°F. Preliminary results from replicas of the as-polished and etched surfaces of these samples were published.


2015 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 2887-2894 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Saternus ◽  
T. Merder ◽  
J. Pieprzyca

URO-200 reactor belongs to batch reactors used in refining process of aluminium and its alloys in polish foundries. The appropriate level of hydrogen removal from liquid aluminium can be obtained when the mixing of inert gas bubbles with liquid metal is uniform. Thus, the important role is played by the following parameters: flow rate of refining gas, geometry of the impeller, rotary impeller speed. The article presents the results of research conducted on physical model of URO-200 reactor. The NaCl tracer was introduced to water (modelling liquid aluminium) and then the conductivity was measured. Basing on the obtained results the Residence Time Distribution (RTD) curves were determined. The measurements were carried out for two different rotary impellers, flow rate equaled 5, 10, 15 and 20 dm3/min and rotary impeller speed from 250 to 400 rpm every 50 rpm.


1992 ◽  
Vol 78 (8) ◽  
pp. 1361-1368 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pan WEI ◽  
Ken-ichiro UEMURA ◽  
Shinji KOYAMA

2015 ◽  
Vol 1120-1121 ◽  
pp. 1214-1219
Author(s):  
Yi Yao Kang ◽  
Yue Lin ◽  
Xu Dong Liu ◽  
Chao Sun ◽  
Sen Sen Yuan ◽  
...  

Hydrogen as the main cause of the gas porosity in aluminium alloys should be removed before casting. The degassing process with intensive melt shearing shows a high efficiency. In the present work, the water simulation was used to study the high shear degassing process and the effect of rotation speed on the size and distribution of inert gas bubbles. The results show that with the increase of rotation speed, the bubble size decreases and the affected region becomes larger. The proper rotation speed of the rotor for the rotor-stator high shear degassing process is 5000-6000 RPM.


1963 ◽  
Vol 46 (6) ◽  
pp. 1303-1315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Wickson-ginzburg ◽  
A. K. Solomon

Methods have been developed to study cellular Na, K, and Cl concentrations in HeLa cells. Cell [Na] and [K] are functions of the age of the culture. As the culture grows [K], expressed in mmols/liter cell H2O, rises from an initial value of 121 to a peak of 206 at about 4 days, and thereafter falls until it has almost returned to the initial value by the 9th day. [Na] falls as [K] rises, but there is no fixed relationship between the cellular concentrations of the two cations. There is, however, a correlation between generation time and cellular [K]. Measurements of net K uptake and net Na extrusion were carried out during 1 hour incubation at 37°C of low K cells. Both net K uptake and net Na extrusion took place against chemical concentration gradients, so that at least one transport system must be active; if the Cl distribution is passive both net K uptake and net Na extrusion are active. Studies with inhibitors of respiration and glycolysis lead to the conclusion that respiration is not required for these net transports, which appear to derive their energy from glycolytic sources.


1976 ◽  
Vol 98 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. J. Minkowycz ◽  
D. M. France ◽  
R. M. Singer

Conservation equations are derived for the motion of a small inert gas bubble in a large flowing liquid-gas solution subjected to large thermal gradients. Terms which are of the second order of magnitude under less severe and steady-state conditions are retained, thus resulting in an expanded form of the Rayleigh equation. The bubble dynamics is a function of opposing mechanisms tending to increase or decrease bubble volume while being transported with the solution. Diffusion of inert gas between the bubble and the solution is one of the most important of these mechanisms included in the analysis. The analytical model is applied to an argon gas bubble flowing in a weak solution of argon gas in liquid sodium. Calculations are performed for these fluids under conditions typical of normal and abnormal operation of a liquid metal fast breeder reactor (LMFBR) core and the resulting bubble radius, internal gas pressure, and mass of inert gas are presented in each case. An important result obtained indicates that inert gas bubbles reaching the core inlet of an LMFBR will always grow as they traverse the core under normal and extreme abnormal conditions and that the rate of growth is quite small in all cases.


2020 ◽  
Vol 135 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Parikshit Bajpai ◽  
Stefano Lorenzi ◽  
Antonio Cammi

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