External influences or internal disturbances may result in phase separation instabilities which could lead to operational failure of He II space cooling systems. Possible instabilities are defined and, using the active phase separator, suitable measures for prevention and control are discussed. Expe
The physics of He II phase separation
β Scribed by Ursula Schotte
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1981
- Weight
- 148 KB
- Volume
- 107
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0378-4363
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