W-1 SLSF post-test data analysis. Part 1. Thermal hydraulic analysis. [LMFBR]

Technical Report · Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5236034· OSTI ID:5236034

Knight, D D

Four types of tests were performed: (1) a decay heat transient test, (2) Loss-of-Piping-Integrity (LOPI) tests, (3) Boiling Window Tests (BWT), and (4) a fuel pin dryout and failure test. In addition, preliminary tests were run to check systems performance, instrumentation performance and test section heat balance. The objective of the decay heat test was to determine the decay heat transfer characteristics of fresh fuel pins with subcooled sodium. The objective of the LOPI experiments was to test the thermal behavior of fuel pins with four different fuel conditions subjected to the same transient. The transient was designed to simulate a rapid flow decrease as a result of pipe rupture followed by a reactor scram. The objective of the Boiling Window Tests was to study boiling initiation and progression of boiling within the fuel pin bundle.

• Research Organization: General Electric Co., Sunnyvale, CA (USA). Advanced Reactor Systems Dept.
• DOE Contract Number: AT03-76SF71032
• OSTI ID: 5236034
• Report Number(s): DOE/SF/71032-T48; ON: DE82008043; TRN: 82-015973
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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