Two-phase flow through porous media should be well understood to develop a severe accident analysis code not only for light water reactor but also sodium cooled fast reactor (SFR). When a core disruptive accident occurs in SFR, the fuel inside the core may become melted and interacts with the coolant. As a result, gas-liquid two-phase flow will be formed in the debris bed, which may have porous nature depending on the cooling process. Thus, as first step, present work focuses on the characteristics of pressure drop in single- and two-phase flows in different porous media conditions (porous size, liquid and gas flow velocity). In addition, in order to construct an experimental database, the measured pressure drop under different conditions was compared with existing correlations.
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2017 25th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering
July 2–6, 2017
Shanghai, China
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- Nuclear Engineering Division
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978-0-7918-5787-8
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Measurements of Two-Phase Pressure Drop in a Simulated Debris Bed
Milka Hebi Nava Rivera,
Milka Hebi Nava Rivera
Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Japan
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Daisuke Ito,
Daisuke Ito
Kyoto University, Kumatori, Japan
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Yasushi Saito,
Yasushi Saito
Kyoto University, Kumatori, Japan
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Mitsuhiro Aoyagi,
Mitsuhiro Aoyagi
Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Oarai, Japan
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Kenji Kamiyama,
Kenji Kamiyama
Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Oarai, Japan
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Tohru Suzuki
Tohru Suzuki
Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Oarai, Japan
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Milka Hebi Nava Rivera
Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Japan
Daisuke Ito
Kyoto University, Kumatori, Japan
Yasushi Saito
Kyoto University, Kumatori, Japan
Mitsuhiro Aoyagi
Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Oarai, Japan
Kenji Kamiyama
Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Oarai, Japan
Tohru Suzuki
Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Oarai, Japan
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ICONE25-67927, V009T15A063; 7 pages
Published Online:
October 17, 2017
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Nava Rivera, MH, Ito, D, Saito, Y, Aoyagi, M, Kamiyama, K, & Suzuki, T. "Measurements of Two-Phase Pressure Drop in a Simulated Debris Bed." Proceedings of the 2017 25th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering. Volume 9: Student Paper Competition. Shanghai, China. July 2–6, 2017. V009T15A063. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/ICONE25-67927
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