Superfluid flow in porous stainless steel

✍ Scribed by G.R. Karr; J.B. Hendricks

• Book ID: 103051198
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1986
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 224 KB
• Volume: 26
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0011-2275
• DOI: 10.1016/0011-2275(86)90023-8

✦ Synopsis

This Paper shows that porous plug material can serve as a control device during liquid transfer. The application of heat flux directly relates to the temperature and pressure gradient across the plug in the flow regime 1. For a given porous material an empirical relation exists that predicts the first critical state which is the upper limit for low pressure drop liquid transfer. Thus, the porous plug can serve a dual purpose for liquid helium transfer in space: the plug can serve as a phase separator during zero gravity storage; and the plug can serve as a low pressure drop control device during liquid transfer.