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2025 (English)In: Applied Thermal Engineering, ISSN 1359-4311, E-ISSN 1873-5606, Vol. 277, article id 127099Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Steam injection through spargers into a Pressure Suppression Pool (PSP) is used to prevent containment overpressure during primary system depressurization in normal operation and accident conditions. Direct Contact Condensation (DCC) of steam induces mass, momentum, and heat sources and thermal stratification can develop in the pool if the momentum source is not sufficient to overcome the buoyancy created by the heat source. The thermal stratification reduces the heat storage capacity of the pool, increasing the pool surface temperature and thus containment pressure compared to mixed pool configuration. In this work we analyze the results of the large scale pool experiments in PANDA and PPOOLEX facilities to develop better understanding of the phenomena and regimes that govern the multi-scale system. Specifically, we compare the results of the tests performed with the steam injection through the sparger head (horizontal injection) and the load reduction ring (downwards injection). We demonstrate that the response of the pool in terms of stable position of the thermocline and velocity of the thermocline motion can be described with proper selection of the non-dimensional scaling parameters for both facilities and directions of the steam injection. We also summarize and interpret other observations from the tests that are important for understanding of the pool thermohydraulic phenomena and development of respective predictive capabilities.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier BV, 2025
Keywords
Richardson scaling, Stable position of the thermocline, Steam condensation, Thermal stratification, Thermocline erosion velocity, Turbulence
National Category
Energy Engineering
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-364425 (URN)10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2025.127099 (DOI)2-s2.0-105007226463 (Scopus ID)
Note
QC 20250613
2025-06-122025-06-122025-06-13Bibliographically approved