Facility Details: BETA

Description: Al-FeOx-thermite, mass 300-600 kg, max. initial temperature 2200°C, released into 3D concrete crucible with radial induction heating of the metallic phase
Organization / Localization: FZK
Molten Corium Concrete Interaction- (MCCI) (1)
Test Identification: 20 large scale experiments: 300 – 600 kg melt mass, different heating rates, different types of concrete and melts
SA-Related Topics / Phenomena: 2D-MCCI, metallic melt
Measured Parameters: Erosion progression, temperatures withing metallic fraction, off-gas rate and composition
Modelling: conrete type, volumetric power
Simulation Code: WECSL, CORCON, Interanational Standard Problems, e.g. for tests V2.1 and V3.2
Experimental Research Program: FZK and BMFT
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References: Alsmeyer, et al., “BETA experimental results on Melt/Concrete interaction”, CSNI Specialists' Meeting on Core Debris-Concrete Interactions, EPRI-NP-5054-SR, pp. 2-2 and 2-17, Feb. 1987

H. Alsmeyer, “BETA Experiments in Verification of the Wechsl Code: Experimental Results on the Melt-Concrete Interaction”, Nuclear Engineering and Design 103, pp. 115-125, 1987
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0029549387902895
Comments: Potential feedback of the induction process on the shape of the liquid melt at high heating power
Contributed By: T. Keim/M. Fischer
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