Pool scrubbing under jet injection regime: An enhancement of the SPARC90 code
- Unit of Nuclear Safety Research, Div. of Nuclear Fission, CIEMAT, Avda.Complutense 40, 28040 Madrid (Spain)
- Instituto de Ingenieria Energetica, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia UPV, Camino de Vera 14, 46022 Valencia (Spain)
The SPARC90 code was developed to calculate the aerosol pool trapping during vent discharge processes, at low gas velocities. However, there are accident sequences, like SGTR core meltdown sequences, at which particle laden gases reach the aqueous ponds at very high velocities and new particle removal mechanisms become effective right at the inlet. As a result of the shearing off of roll wave water crests, water droplets are entrained in the gas core and sweep out aerosol particles, mainly by inertial impaction and interception. This paper summarizes the update of the SPARC90 code based on state-of-the-art equations for jet hydrodynamics and aerosol removal. Equations for variables like droplets population, size and velocity have been implemented. Based on the anticipated conditions in case of an SGTR severe accident sequence, comparisons of estimates from this new version (SPAR90-Jet) and the original one are set in terms of decontamination factor. Even though further work is still ahead, this work highlights how substantial particle retention at the pool inlet can reach under jet regime and how different aerosol removal mechanisms are with respect to the globule injection regime. (authors)
- Research Organization:
- American Nuclear Society, 555 North Kensington Avenue, La Grange Park, IL 60526 (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 22105925
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: ICAPP '12: 2012 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants, Chicago, IL (United States), 24-28 Jun 2012; Other Information: Country of input: France; 18 refs.; Related Information: In: Proceedings of the 2012 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants - ICAPP '12| 2799 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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