Facility Details: BMC

Organization / Localization: Battelle-Institut Germany
Country: Germany
Facility Description: Multi-compartment test containment used for nuclear reactor severe accidents: thermal-hydraulics, aerosol behavior, gas mixing (650m3)
Facility Status: closed
Test Identification: DEMONA A1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, A7, A8, A9
SA-Related Topics / Phenomena: Experiments on behaviour of aerosols released into large dry PWR containment during core melt down accident, single- and multi-compartment geometry
Measured Parameters: T, p, r.H., Steam rate, Aerosol concentration, Size distribution, FP sampling
Modelling: Aerosol hehaviour and deposition in saturated air/steam mixture at 115 oC and 3 bar pressure. SnO2, Fe2O3, Ag or a mixture as aerosols. Aerosol concentration was at max 12 g/m3.
Simulation Code: ECART, AC2, MELCOR, ASTEC, NAUA, COCMEL, CONTAIN
Experimental Research Program: DEMONA
Link to PIRT: WP-1.5 ST-10, ST-13. ST-14, ST-16
References: [1] Kanzleiter T., Wolf L., Schöck W., Bunz H., Haschke D., Hosemann P., Peehs M., Ruhmann H., Fischer M., Weber G., "Results from DEMONA aerosol experiments". Proceedings of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission 14th Water reactor Safety Information Meeting, Volume 6. NUREG/CP--0082-VOL.6. 1987. https://inis.iaea.org/collection/NCLCollectionStore/_Public/19/002/19002231.pdf?r=1
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Organization / Localization: Battelle-Institut Germany
Country: Germany
Facility Description: Multi-compartment test containment used for nuclear reactor severe accidents: thermal-hydraulics, aerosol behavior, gas mixing (650m3)
Facility Status: closed
Test Identification: VANAM: M1, M2, M2*, M4, M3 = ISP-37
SA-Related Topics / Phenomena: FP depletion to surfaces under condensing conditions (non-soluble)
Measured Parameters: Temperature, humidity, and pressure, aerosol concentration, particle size distribution
Modelling: Aerosol depletion using nonsoluble (SnO2) and soluble, hygroscopic NaOH particles in a multi-compartment containment setup
Simulation Code: AC2, COCOSYS, GOTHIC, CONTAIN, ECART, MELCOR, ASTEC
Experimental Research Program: VANAM
Link to PIRT: WP-1.5 ST-10, ST-13. ST-14, ST-16
References: [1] Kanzleiter T., Fischer K.O., Allelein H-J-, Schwarz S., Weber G., ""The VANAM experiments M1 and M2 - test results and multi-compartmental analysis"", Journal of Aerosol Science, Vol 22, Supplement 1, 1991, pp. S697-S700. M. Firnhaber, T.F. Kanzleiter, S. Schwarz, G. Weber International Standard Problem ISP-37 VANAM M3 - A Multi Compartment Aerosol Depletion Test with Hygroscopic Aerosol Material NEA/CSNI/ R(96)26 (Dec. 1996)
T. Kanzleiter Versuche zum Verhalten von Kernschmelzunfall-Aerosolen in einer Mehrraum-Containment-Geometrie (“VANAM-Versuche”) Battelle-Institut e.V., Frankfurt am Main Abschlussbericht BIeV-R67.098-01 (1995)
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