1. Date of download: 6/18/2016 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: The Effect of the Location of Nucleation Sites on the Thermal-Hydraulic Stability of a Short-Tube Natural Circulation Loop J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. 2012;134(6):062901-062901-8. doi:10.1115/1.4005970 Experimental setup and instrumentation Figure Legend:

2. Date of download: 6/18/2016 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: The Effect of the Location of Nucleation Sites on the Thermal-Hydraulic Stability of a Short-Tube Natural Circulation Loop J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. 2012;134(6):062901-062901-8. doi:10.1115/1.4005970 Measured roughness of the boiling channel surface Figure Legend:

3. Date of download: 6/18/2016 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: The Effect of the Location of Nucleation Sites on the Thermal-Hydraulic Stability of a Short-Tube Natural Circulation Loop J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. 2012;134(6):062901-062901-8. doi:10.1115/1.4005970 Pressure recording of Geyser instability (no nucleation device in boiling channel) Figure Legend:

4. Date of download: 6/18/2016 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: The Effect of the Location of Nucleation Sites on the Thermal-Hydraulic Stability of a Short-Tube Natural Circulation Loop J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. 2012;134(6):062901-062901-8. doi:10.1115/1.4005970 Pressure recording (boiling channel with nucleation device) Figure Legend:

5. Date of download: 6/18/2016 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: The Effect of the Location of Nucleation Sites on the Thermal-Hydraulic Stability of a Short-Tube Natural Circulation Loop J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. 2012;134(6):062901-062901-8. doi:10.1115/1.4005970 Steady-state mass flow rate against location of nucleation site as a function of the electric heating power applied Figure Legend:

6. Date of download: 6/18/2016 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: The Effect of the Location of Nucleation Sites on the Thermal-Hydraulic Stability of a Short-Tube Natural Circulation Loop J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. 2012;134(6):062901-062901-8. doi:10.1115/1.4005970 Steady-state mass flow rate as a function of the mean heat flux to the boiling channel Figure Legend:

7. Date of download: 6/18/2016 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: The Effect of the Location of Nucleation Sites on the Thermal-Hydraulic Stability of a Short-Tube Natural Circulation Loop J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. 2012;134(6):062901-062901-8. doi:10.1115/1.4005970 Position of the dry-out region as a function of the heating power applied and the position of the nucleation site Figure Legend:

8. Date of download: 6/18/2016 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: The Effect of the Location of Nucleation Sites on the Thermal-Hydraulic Stability of a Short-Tube Natural Circulation Loop J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. 2012;134(6):062901-062901-8. doi:10.1115/1.4005970 FFT amplitude spectrum of the time signal shown in Fig. (Geyser instability) Figure Legend:

9. Date of download: 6/18/2016 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: The Effect of the Location of Nucleation Sites on the Thermal-Hydraulic Stability of a Short-Tube Natural Circulation Loop J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. 2012;134(6):062901-062901-8. doi:10.1115/1.4005970 Time signal and FFT spectrum for a nucleation site at a distance of 40 cm Figure Legend: