Pump two-phase performance program. Volume 3. Transient tests. Final report. [PWR; BWR]

Technical Report · Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6743330· OSTI ID:6743330

Kennedy, W. G.; Jacob, M. C.; Whitehouse, J. C.; Fishburn, J. D.; Kanupka, G. J.

The primary objective of the C-E/EPRI Pump Two-Phase Performance Program was to obtain sufficient steady-state and transient two-phase empirical data to substantiate and ultimately improve the reactor coolant pump analytical model currently used for LOCA analysis. A one-fifth scale pump, which geometrically models a reactor coolant pump, was tested in steady-state runs with single- and two-phase mixtures of water and steam over ranges of operating conditions representative of postulated loss-of-coolant accidents. Transient tests were also run to evaluate the applicability of the steady-state-based calculational models to transient conditions.

• Research Organization: Combustion Engineering, Inc., Windsor, CT (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6743330
• Report Number(s): EPRI-NP-1556(Vol.3)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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