Facility Details: PERCOLA

Description: Laboratory-scale tests to quantify gas-induced melt entrainment into the overlying water
Organization / Localization: CEA Grenoble
Ex-Vessel Debris Cooling - (EVDC) (1)
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SA-Related Topics / Phenomena: Debris coolability
Measured Parameters: Entrainment rate
Modelling: Variations of liquid viscosity, the size of the hole, and the flow rate
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Experimental Research Program: In-kind support for CCI project
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References: J. M. Bonnet, J. M. Seiler, “Coolability of Corium Spread onto Concrete Under Water, the PERCOLA Model,” 2nd CSNI Specialist Meeting on Core Debris-Concrete Interactions,” Karlsruhe, Germany, April 1-3 (1992)

B. Tourniaire and J. M. Seiler, “Modeling of Viscous and Inviscid Fluid Ejection through Orifices by Sparging Gas,” Proc. ICAPP ’04, Pittsburgh, PA USA, June 13-17, 2004
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Contributed By: T. Keim/M. Fischer
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