The passive autocatalytic recombiner test program at Sandia National Laboratories

Conference · Wed Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1997

OSTI ID:541914

Blanchat, T K ^[1]; Malliakos, A ^[2]

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1. Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States). Reactor Safety Experiments
2. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (United States)

Passive autocatalytic recombiners (PARs) are being considered by the nuclear power industry as a combustible gas control system in operating plants and advanced light water reactor (ALWR) containments for design basis events. Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) has developed systems and methodologies to measure the amount of hydrogen that can be depleted in a containment by a PAR. Experiments were performed that determined the hydrogen depletion rate of a PAR in the presence of steam and also evaluated the effect of scale (number of cartridges) on the PAR performance at both low and high hydrogen concentrations.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000
• OSTI ID: 541914
• Report Number(s): SAND--97-2280C; CONF-9709106--; ON: DE98000229
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
CATALYSTS
CONTAINMENT SHELLS
CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS EXPERIMENT
DESIGN BASIS ACCIDENTS
RECOMBINATION
RECOMBINERS
TEST FACILITIES
WATER COOLED REACTORS