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Central Receiver Test Facility as a simulator for the hydrogen-burn thermal environment

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OSTI ID:5967732
The use of a solar energy facility to simulate the thermal environment produced as a result of hydrogen burns in a full-scale reactor containment building is described. Using a flux profile generated by the HECTR computer code, the Central Receiver Test Facility has produced a temperature rise in a test specimen that closely approximates that predicted by the code. A method for simulating multiple burns associated with the activation of safety ignition systems during a hydrogen-producing accident is also described and preliminary results of tests of safety equipment exposed to such a multiple burn simulation are discussed.
Research Organization:
Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-76DP00789
OSTI ID:
5967732
Report Number(s):
SAND-83-0883C; CONF-830816-8; ON: DE83015667
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English