Facility Details: POMECO-FL

Description: The test section accommodating the packed bed is made of a Plexiglas pipe 90mmin diameter and 635mm in height. Adiabatic water/air single- or two-phase flow loop for porous media (debris bed simulant material)
Organization / Localization: KTH-NPS
Ex-Vessel Debris Cooling - (EVDC) (1)
Test Identification: POMECO-FL
SA-Related Topics / Phenomena: Two-phase flow regime and pressure drop in a particulate debris bed
Measured Parameters: Pressure gradient of water flow, air flow. Presure drop of Two-Phase flow
Modelling: Pressure gradient of water flow, air flow. Presure drop of Two-Phase flow
Simulation Code: Pressure gradient by Lipinski, Reed, Shulenberg and Muller, hu and Theofanous
Experimental Research Program: National program "Accident Phenomena of Risk Importance" (APRI) supported by consortium of SSM and NPPs in Sweden, ENSI
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References: [1] L. Li. W. Ma. 2011. Experimental study on the effective particle diameter of a packed bed with non-spherical particles. Transport in Porous Media 89, 35-48.

[2] L. Li., W. Ma. 2011. Experimental characterization of effective particle diameter of a packed bed with multi-diameter spheres. Nucl. Eng. Des. 241(5), 1736-1745.

[3] L. Li, S. Gong, W. Ma. 2012. An experimental study on two-phase flow regime and pressure drop in a particulate bed packed with multi-diameter particles. Nucl. Technol. 177, 107-118.
Contributed By: A. Komlev, W. Ma
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Implemented as part of the Seaknot EU funded project (HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01 under Grant Agreement No. 101060327) - WP2.6 UNIPI (2024-2025)