In this paper, a vertical upward narrow gap rectangular channel is taken as the research object, and a single-phase heat transfer characteristics of constant heat flux density of heating conditions is experimentally studied. According to the measured temperature, flow rate, pressure drop and heat flux density, the experimental data of average Nusselt numbers covering laminar, transitional and turbulent flows in a certain range of working conditions are obtained, and the existing prediction correlations was compared with the experimental data obtained in this experimental study. The result shows that the relationships raised by Shah and London, Dittus-Boelter and Gnielinski have a good agreement with the experimental data. These data can provide comparison base for the study of the non-isothermal heat transfer characteristics under the motion condition. © 2020, Editorial Board of Journal of Nuclear Power Engineering. All right reserved.