Experimental and analytical studies of a passive shutdown heat removal system for advanced LMRs

Conference · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:6893161

Heineman, J; Kraimer, M; Lottes, P; Pedersen, D; Stewart, R; Tessier, J

A facility designed and constructed to demonstrate the viability of natural convection passive heat removal systems as a key feature of innovative LMR Shutdown Heat Removal (SHR) systems is in operation at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL). This Natural Convection Shutdown Heat Removal Test Facility (NSTF) is being used to investigate the heat transfer performance of the GE/PRISM and the RI/SAFR passive designs. This paper presents a description of the NSTF, the pretest analysis of the Radiant Reactor Vessel Auxiliary Cooling System (RVACS) in support of the GE/PRISM IFR concept, and experiment results for the RVACS simulation. Preliminary results show excellent agreement with predicted system performance.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 6893161
• Report Number(s): CONF-880532-10; ON: DE89002272
• Resource Relation: Conference: American Nuclear Society topical meeting, Seattle, WA, USA, 1 May 1988; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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