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Study on dryout heat flux of axial stratified debris bed under top-flooding

  • Wenbin Zou (School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University) ;
  • Lili Tong (School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University) ;
  • Xuewu Cao (School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
  • Received : 2023.03.04
  • Accepted : 2023.10.31
  • Published : 2024.02.25
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Abstract

The coolability of the debris bed with a simulant of solidified corium is experimentally studied, focusing on the effects of the structure of the axial stratified debris bed on the dryout heat flux (DHF). DHF was obtained for the four structures with different particle sizes for the axial stratified debris bed under top flooding. The experimental results show that the dryout position of the axial stratified debris bed is formed at the stratified interface indicated by the temperature rise, and the DHF of the axial stratified bed is much lower than that of the homogeneous bed packed with the upper small particles. To predict the dryout heat flux of the stratified debris beds, by considering the properties of the mixed area, a one-dimensional dryout heat flux model of the porous medium is derived from a water and vapor momentum equation for porous medium, two-phase permeability modifications, interfacial drag, and the correlation between capillary pressure and liquid saturation and verified with the experimental data. The modified model can give reasonable results under different structures.

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This work is financially supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (U1967202).

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