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Reactor safety program applications and coordination. Task 1. Steam- water mixing program and system hydrodynamics. Quarterly progress report, July--September 1975

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4087883
Experimental studies are described which are being conducted to extend the understanding of steam-water interaction phenomena and processes associated with a loss-of-coolant accident. Estimates were made of the degree of steam condensation within the $sup 1$$/$$sub 15$-scale, transparent vessel model during penetration studies conducted with and without cold leg steam. The estimates indicated a high degree of steam condensation within the model. The relationship between water penetration to the lower plenum and annulus pressure loss was investigated to assess and quantify, to the extent possible, the effect of ECC water in the annulus on the resistance to reverse core steam flow of the flow system consisting of the power plenum, downcomer annulus, and broken leg. A preliminary correlation for the penetration data obtained without cold leg steam has been obtained and compared with the experimental data. The correlation relates the water penetration to the reverse core steam flow rate, the ECC injection rate, and the ECC water subcooling. The effect on penetration of operating with cold leg steam was quantified. (auth)
Research Organization:
Battelle Columbus Labs., Ohio (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-92
NSA Number:
NSA-33-019534
OSTI ID:
4087883
Report Number(s):
BMI--1940
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English