Download or read book Transient Behavior of a Natural-circulation Loop Operating Near the Thermodynamic Critical Point written by Darrel G. Harden and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interest in utilizing natural-circulation loops to obtain results that aid in the design of some boiler and nuclear reactor coolant systems has focused attention on the dynamic behavior of such loops. Much analytical and experimental work has been done so as to permit predictions of the transient behavior of both single-phase and two-phase natural-circulation systems. One region in which transient behavior has been noted experimentally, but which has not been investigated, is that region near the thermodynamic critical point of the fluid.