Dry-out of a fluidized particle bed with internal heat generation. [LMFBR]

Technical Report · Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 EDT 1975

OSTI ID:6278165

Kewowen, R S; Catton, I

An apparatus was designed to adequately simulate the characteristics of a particle bed formed by nuclear reactor fuel after the reactor has been operable for some length of time at high power. This was accomplished by using a 10 Kw, 453 Kc induction heater, coupled through a multi-turn work coil to particle beds of cast steel shot and lead shot in water. The temperature response and dryout condition were determined for various bed levels, particle diameters, and heat fluxes. Analysis of the data retrieved from the bed was used to generate a family of curves to predict the necessary conditions for dryout to occur within a fluidized particle bed with internal heat generation. The results presented here, with internal heat generation, show that previous results with bottom heating and volume heating are conservative.

• Research Organization: California Univ., Los Angeles (USA). Dept. of Energy and Kinetics
• DOE Contract Number: AM03-76SF00034
• OSTI ID: 6278165
• Report Number(s): UCLA-34P203and223-2; UCLA-ENG-7519; ON: DE81026895
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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