Facility Details: KATS

Description: Thermite generator (Al-FeOx), discharges into an intermediate metal/oxide separator, which feeds two instrumented spreading channels for oxide and metal
Organization / Localization: FZK
SPREADING- (SG) (1)
Test Identification:
SA-Related Topics / Phenomena: 1D/2D-spreading tests, using high temperature simulant melts (metal/oxide) under dry and wet conditions.
Measured Parameters: Melt height and temperature vs. distance, front velocity, post test debris characterization
Modelling:
Simulation Code: CORFLOW, LAVA
Experimental Research Program: Contract German Utilities-FZK-Siemens
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References: B. Eppinger, et al., “Simulationsexperimente zum Ausbreitungsverhalten von Kernschmelzen: KATS-8 bis KATS-17” Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, FZKA 6589, März 2001
https://publikationen.bibliothek.kit.edu/270049659

G. Engel, G. Fieg, H. Massier, U. Stegmaier, W. Schütz, “KATS experiments to simulate corium spreading in the EPR core catcher”, Proceedings of the OECD Workshop on Ex-Vessel Debris Coolability, FZKA 6475, pp. 148-155, 2000
https://publikationen.bibliothek.kit.edu/270047463
Contributed By: T. Keim/M. Fischer




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