Facility Details: BALI

Organization / Localization: CEA
Country: France
Test Identification: BALI
SA-Related Topics / Phenomena: natural convection mechanisms in turbulent regimes representative of internally heated corium pools in the lower head
Measured Parameters: hemispherical slice 1:1 geometry, water (+cellulose) was used as a simulant of oxidic corium, 1st campaign: different pool heights (1 .0, 1 .5, and 2 .0 m) and different volumetric power densities, 2nd campaign viscosity of pool increased by adding cellulose compound in water to obtain Pr number from 10 to 1000
Experimental Research Program: BALI
References: [1] Bonnet, J.M., Rougé, S., Seiler, J.M., 1994. Large scale experiments for core melt retention; BALI; corium pool thermalhydraulics – SULTAN: Boiling under Natural Convection, OECD/CSNI/NEA Workshop in Large Molten Pool Heat Transfer, Grenoble, France, March. [3] Bonnet, J.M., 1998. Thermal hydraulic phenomena in corium pools: the BALI experiment. Proc. Workshop on Severe Accident Research (SARJ-1998), Tokyo, Japan.
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Organization / Localization: CEA
Country: France
Test Identification: BALI-METAL
SA-Related Topics / Phenomena: natural convection mechanisms (focusing effect) in laminar and turbulent regimes representative of the light metal layer heated throught its bottom surface by a corium pool
Measured Parameters: parallelipedic geometry, water was used as a simulant of oxidic corium, different pool heights
Experimental Research Program: BALI
References: [1] Bonnet, J.M., Rougé, S., Seiler, J.M., 1994. Large scale experiments for core melt retention; BALI; corium pool thermalhydraulics – SULTAN: Boiling under Natural Convection, OECD/CSNI/NEA Workshop in Large Molten Pool Heat Transfer, Grenoble, France, March. [3] Bonnet, J.M., 1998. Thermal hydraulic phenomena in corium pools: the BALI experiment. Proc. Workshop on Severe Accident Research (SARJ-1998), Tokyo, Japan.
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