Research Article

Design and Thermal-Hydraulic Evaluation of Integrated Steam Generator with Serpentine-Tube Configuration for Prevention of Sodium-Water Reaction

Table 1

Heat transfer and pressure drop correlations used in the SPINS-S code.

Heat transfer correlations
SodiumLyon-Martinelli [7]
WaterSubcooled/superheatedDittus-Boelter [8]
Saturated nucleate boilingChen [9]
Departure from nucleate boilingBiasi [10]
Film boilingBishop [11]
Lead-bismuth eutecticKalish-Dwyer [12]

Pressure drop correlations
SodiumHaaland [13]
WaterSingle-phase
Two-phaseHomogeneous equilibrium model [14]
Lead-bismuth eutecticGunter-Shaw [15]