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Air-water tests in support of LLTR series II Test A-4. [Large Leak Test Rig]

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5982630· OSTI ID:5982630
A series of tests injecting air into a tank of stagnant water was conducted in June 1980 utilizing the GE Plenum Mixing Test Facility in San Jose, California. The test was concerned with investigating the behavior of air jets at a submerged orifice in water over a wide range of flow rates. The main objective was to improve the basic understanding of gas-liquid phenomena (e.g., leak dynamics, gas bubble agglomeration, etc.) in a simulated tube bundle through visualization. The experimental results from these air-water tests will be used as a guide to help select the leak size for LLTR Series II Test A-4 because air-water system is a good simulation of water-sodium mixture.
Research Organization:
General Electric Co., Sunnyvale, CA (USA). Advanced Reactor Systems Dept.
DOE Contract Number:
AT03-76SF70030
OSTI ID:
5982630
Report Number(s):
XL-796-00099; ON: DE82002309
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English