Modifications made to the MELCOR Code for Analyzing Lithium Fires in Fusion Reactors

Technical Report · Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 2000

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/764178· OSTI ID:764178

Merrill, B J

This report documents initial modifications made to the MELCOR code that allows MELCOR to predict the consequences of lithium spill accidents for evolving fusion reactor designs. These modifications include thermodynamic and transport properties for lithium, and physical models for predicting the rate of reaction of and energy production from the lithium-air reaction. A benchmarking study was performed with this new MELCOR capability. Two lithium-air reaction tests conducted at the Hanford Engineering Development Laboratory (HEDL) were selected for this benchmark study. Excellent agreement was achieved between MELCOR predictions and measured data. Recommendations for modeling lithium fires with MELCOR and for future work in this area are included in this report.

• Research Organization: Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-99ID13727
• OSTI ID: 764178
• Report Number(s): INEEL/EXT-2000-00489; TRN: US0005014
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 1 Apr 2000
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
BENCHMARKS
FIRES
LITHIUM
MODIFICATIONS
RECOMMENDATIONS
THERMODYNAMICS
THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS
M CODES
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SPILLS
MELCOR
LITHIUM SPILL ACCIDENTS
FUSION REACTOR
TRANSPORT PROPERTIES
PHYSICAL MODELS
LITHIUM-AIR REACTION