Abstract
PACTEL (Parallel Channel Test Loop) is an experimental out-of-pile facility designed to simulated the major components and system behaviour of a commercial Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) during different postulated LOCAs and transients. The reference reactor to the PACTEL facility is Loviisa type WWER-440. The recently made modifications enable experiments to be conducted also on the passive core cooling. In these experiments the passive core cooling system consisted of one core makeup tank (CMT) and pressure balancing lines from the pressurizer and from a cold leg connected to the top of the CMT in order to maintain the tank in pressure equilibrium with the primary system during ECC injection. The line from the pressurizer to the core makeup tank was normally open. The ECC flow was provided from the CMT located at a higher elevation than the main part of the primary system. A total number of nine experiments have been performed by now. 4 refs, 7 figs, 3 tabs.
Munther, R;
Kalli, H;
[1]
Kouhia, J
[2]
- University of Technology, Lappeenranta (Finland)
- Technical Research Centre of Finland, Lappeenranta (Finland)
Citation Formats
Munther, R, Kalli, H, and Kouhia, J.
Gravity driven emergency core cooling experiments with the PACTEL facility.
IAEA: N. p.,
1996.
Web.
Munther, R, Kalli, H, & Kouhia, J.
Gravity driven emergency core cooling experiments with the PACTEL facility.
IAEA.
Munther, R, Kalli, H, and Kouhia, J.
1996.
"Gravity driven emergency core cooling experiments with the PACTEL facility."
IAEA.
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title = {Gravity driven emergency core cooling experiments with the PACTEL facility}
author = {Munther, R, Kalli, H, and Kouhia, J}
abstractNote = {PACTEL (Parallel Channel Test Loop) is an experimental out-of-pile facility designed to simulated the major components and system behaviour of a commercial Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) during different postulated LOCAs and transients. The reference reactor to the PACTEL facility is Loviisa type WWER-440. The recently made modifications enable experiments to be conducted also on the passive core cooling. In these experiments the passive core cooling system consisted of one core makeup tank (CMT) and pressure balancing lines from the pressurizer and from a cold leg connected to the top of the CMT in order to maintain the tank in pressure equilibrium with the primary system during ECC injection. The line from the pressurizer to the core makeup tank was normally open. The ECC flow was provided from the CMT located at a higher elevation than the main part of the primary system. A total number of nine experiments have been performed by now. 4 refs, 7 figs, 3 tabs.}
place = {IAEA}
year = {1996}
month = {Dec}
}
title = {Gravity driven emergency core cooling experiments with the PACTEL facility}
author = {Munther, R, Kalli, H, and Kouhia, J}
abstractNote = {PACTEL (Parallel Channel Test Loop) is an experimental out-of-pile facility designed to simulated the major components and system behaviour of a commercial Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) during different postulated LOCAs and transients. The reference reactor to the PACTEL facility is Loviisa type WWER-440. The recently made modifications enable experiments to be conducted also on the passive core cooling. In these experiments the passive core cooling system consisted of one core makeup tank (CMT) and pressure balancing lines from the pressurizer and from a cold leg connected to the top of the CMT in order to maintain the tank in pressure equilibrium with the primary system during ECC injection. The line from the pressurizer to the core makeup tank was normally open. The ECC flow was provided from the CMT located at a higher elevation than the main part of the primary system. A total number of nine experiments have been performed by now. 4 refs, 7 figs, 3 tabs.}
place = {IAEA}
year = {1996}
month = {Dec}
}