Facility Details: ECOKATS

Organization / Localization: FZK
Facility Description: Facility for spreading of aluminothermite
Test Identification: ECOKATS-V1, ECOKATS-1, ECOKATS-2
SA-Related Topics / Phenomena: 1D/2D spreading tests, 500 kg - 3000 kg of simulant melt (Al-FeOx-thermite).
Measured Parameters: Spread progression temperatures
Modelling: Spreading
Simulation Code: THEMA, CORFLOW, LAVA
Experimental Research Program: EU-ECOSTAR
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References: [1] H. Alsmeyer, et al., "Test Report of the Melt Spreading Tests ECOKATS-V1 and ECOKATS-1", FZKA 7064, SAM-ECOSTAR-D15, Nov. 2004, https://publikationen.bibliothek.kit.edu/270059326
[2] H. Alsmeyer, et al., “ECOKATS-2: A large scale experiment on melt spreading and subsequent cooling by top flooding”, Proceedings #4134, ICAPP'04, Pittsburgh USA, June 2004
[3] H. Alsmeyer, et al., "Experiment ECOKATS-2 On Melt Spreading and Subsequent Top Flooding, Test and Data Report", FZKA 7084, SAM-ECOSTAR-D14/D16 D39/D40, Jan. 2005
https://publikationen.bibliothek.kit.edu/270060421
[4] J.J. Foit, “Large-scale ECOKATS experiments: Spreading of oxide melt on ceramic and concrete surfaces”, Nuclear Engineering and Design 236 (2006) 2567–2573
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0029549306001865
[5] “Ex-vessel Core Melt Stabilization Research ECOSTAR”, Final report, EU Contact No. FIKS-CT1999-00003
[6] Spengler, C., Allelein, H.-J., Spindler, B., Veteau, J.M., Foit, J.J., Alsmeyer, H., Artnik, J., 2004. Blind benchmark calculations for melt spreading in the ECOSTAR Project, Proc. Int. Congress Advances nucl. Power Plants (ICAPP’04), Pittsburgh, PA.
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