Fluid and thermal mixing in a model cold leg and downcomer with loop flow

Technical Report · Thu Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:6404400

Rothe, P H; Ackerson, M F

This report describes an experimental program of fluid mixing experiments performed at atmospheric pressure in a 1/5-scale transparent model of the cold leg and downcomer of typical Westinghouse and Combustion Engineering pressurized water reactors. The results include transient data from a grid of thermocouples and exensive flow visualization photographs. Substantial mixing of cold injected water with hot primary coolant occurred during many of the tests.

• Research Organization: Creare, Inc., Hanover, NH (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6404400
• Report Number(s): EPRI-NP-2312; ON: DE82903664
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Microfiche only, copy does not permit paper copy reproduction
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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