Pulsational characteristics of the natural-circulation loop of a large-scale model of a light-boiling boiling-water reactor

Journal Article · Tue Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1985 · Sov. At. Energy (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01207213· OSTI ID:6074557

Babykin, A S; Balunov, B F; Chernykh, N G; Smirnov, E L; Tisheninova, V I; Zhiuitskaya, T S

The results of an experimental study of a natural-circulation (NC) loop, whose geometrical and hydraulic characteristics are presented are described. The range of state parameters encompassed in the experiments is also indicated. The authors used a large-scale model of a low-boiling-water reactor, with natural heights and reduced stages of separate elements of the NC loop. The study confirmed that under the conditions the pulsations in the flow rate of the coolant occurs only in the transitional zone from natural circulation of the singlephase medium to natural circulation of the two-phase coolant.

• OSTI ID: 6074557
• Journal Information: Sov. At. Energy (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Vol. 58:4; Other Information: Translated from Atomnaya Energiya, Vol. 58, No. 4, pp. 237-241, April, 1985
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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