Facility Details: HTCM

Organization / Localization: Siempelkamp NT
Facility Description: Large scale induction furnace with sveral tons of prototypic corium (oxide plus steel)
SA-Related Topics / Phenomena: Heat transfer and crust formation during contact of cold metallic surfaces with liquid corium
Measured Parameters: Heat flux, temperatures, post-test chemical and structural analysis
Simulation Code: WALTER
Experimental Research Program: CORESA Consortium (Siempelkamp NT, Battelle, RWTH Aachen, Siemens) / BMFT
References: [1] W. Steinwarz, “Investigations on Heat Transfer Phenomena in Prototypic Core Melt Pool (HTCM) – Final Report”, SNU GmbH, Krefeld, BMWI 1501090, Nov. 1998




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