RAPID Boron-dilution Transient Tests for OECD/CSNI International Standard Problem No. 43
- University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 (United States)
- ISL Inc., Rockville MD. (United States)
- Dominion Generation, Richmond VA. (United States)
The University of Maryland 2 x 4 Thermalhydraulic Loop Facility (UM 2 x 4 Loop) collected code verification data for rapid boron-dilution (RBD) transients. This paper addresses the objectives of recently completed RBD tests and the redesign of the UM 2 x 4 Loop facility for the four test series of the current program. The UM 2 x 4 Loop facility is described in sufficient detail to permit the preparation of input models for code verification. Initial and boundary conditions are given. The OECD/CSNI International Standard Problem No. 43 (ISP 43) figures of merit for comparison of code predictions to experimental findings are described. Specific values for the most representative figures of merit are given for the two closed test series: injection of a front and injection of a slug without downcomer bypass. Because flow regime is a substantial factor in downcomer mixing for RBD transients, the effect of inertial forces on figures of merit is discussed. Tests with downcomer flowrates that fall below the transition to turbulence are shown to exhibit behaviors different from tests ran at downcomer Reynolds numbers that fall in the turbulent regime. Specifically, it is shown that in high flowrate tests mixing is more vigorous when evaluated from a global perspective, but regions of the slug can remain more segregated from the ambient primary coolant than in slow tests. (authors)
- Research Organization:
- American Nuclear Society, 555 North Kensington Avenue, La Grange Park, IL 60526 (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 21167950
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: ICAPP'02: 2002 International congress on advances in nuclear power plants, Hollywood, FL (United States), 9-13 Jun 2002; Other Information: Country of input: France; 11 refs
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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