Organization / Localization: IRSN (ASNR) Country: France Facility Description: Vessel of 7 m3 volume with thermostatically
controlled walls by coolant circulation inside the stainless steel walls. Test Identification: AEROSOL TESTS SA-Related Topics / Phenomena:Aerosol scavenging by sprays Measured Parameters: Pressure, temperature, local gas species concentration, velocity profile
References: [1] E. Porcheron, P. Lemaitre, D. Marchand, Aerosol Removal by Emergency Spray in PWR Containment: Synthesis of the TOSQAN Aerosol Tests. The 14th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermalhydraulics, NURETH-14 Toronto, Ontario, Canada, September 25-30, 2011
[2] E. Porcheron, P. Lemaitre, D. Marchand, W. Plumecocq, A. Nuboer, J. Vendel, Experimental and numerical approaches of aerosol removal in spray conditions for containment application, Nuclear Engineering and Design, Volume 240, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 336-343, ISSN 0029-5493, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2008.08.023. IP/Copyright Situation: ANSR
Organization / Localization: IRSN (ASNR) Country: France Facility Description: Vessel of 7 m3 volume with thermostatically
controlled walls by coolant circulation inside the stainless steel walls. Test Identification: COND TESTS 1-11 SA-Related Topics / Phenomena:Pressurization, gas mixing due to natural, mixed and forced convection flows, wall condensation Measured Parameters: Pressure, temperature, local gas species concentration, velocity profile Modelling: Condensation models, and depending on thermal conditions boiling model. Simulation Code: ASTEC/CPA
References: [1] J. Malet, T. Gélain, Lumped-parameter simulations of wall condensation and sump evaporation under typical thermal-hydraulic conditions of nuclear reactor containment severe accident, Progress in Nuclear Energy, Volume 77, 2014, Pages 11-19, ISSN 0149-1970, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pnucene.2014.06.001 IP/Copyright Situation: ANSR
Organization / Localization: IRSN (ASNR) Country: France Facility Description: Vessel of 7 m3 volume with thermostatically
controlled walls by coolant circulation inside the stainless steel walls. Test Identification: ERCOSAM TESTS 114-115-116 SA-Related Topics / Phenomena:Containment spray actuation and atmosphere mixing Measured Parameters: Pressure, temperature, local gas species concentration, velocity profile Experimental Research Program: ERCOSAM project
References: [1] D. Paladino, S. Guentay, M. Andreani, I. Tkatschenko, J. Brinster, F. Dabbene, S. Kelm, H.-J. Allelein, D. C. Visser, S. Benz, T. Jordan, Z. Liang, E. Porcheron, J. Malet, A. Bentaib, A. Kiselev, T. Yudina, A. Filippov, et al. The Euratom-Rosatom ERCOSAM-SAMARA projects on containment thermal-hydraulics of current and future LWRs for severe accident management. (2012).
[2] F. Dabbene, J. Brinster, D. Abdo, E. Porcheron, P. Lemaître, et al. Experimental activities on stratification and mixing of a gas mixture under the conditions of a severe accident with intervention of mitigating measures performed in the ERCOSAM-SAMARA project. International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP 2015), Nice, France, May 2015, paper 15148. IP/Copyright Situation: ANSR
Organization / Localization: IRSN (ASNR) Country: France Facility Description: Vessel of 7 m3 volume with thermostatically
controlled walls by coolant circulation inside the stainless steel walls. Test Identification: ISP-47 SA-Related Topics / Phenomena:Jet release of steam/hydrogen, Plume release of steam/hydrogen, Entrainment by Jet/Plume, Thermal stratification, Gas stratification, Wall condensation, Natural circulation, Turbulent diffusion, Pressurisation Measured Parameters: "Gas pressure, gas temperature, gas concentration, velocity profile, condensation mass flow rates, wall temperature" Modelling: State equation: real gas, or perfect gas
Condensation model: Max of Uchida and Gido Koeste correlation, Surface film model, Chilton-Colburn, Stefan's Law, Homogeneous equilibirum model, Nussel Theory + deterioration factor, among others.
Turbulence model: k-epsilon, Mixing length scale model Simulation Code: ASTEC
COCOSYS
CONTAIN
CFX
DEFINE
FUMO
GASFLOW
GOTHIC
KUPOL
MELCOR
TONUS
STAR-CD Experimental Research Program: OECD/NEA International Standard Problem No 47
References: [1] J. Malet, E. Porcheron, and J. Vendel, „OECD International Standard Problem ISP-47 on containment thermal-hydraulics—Conclusions of the TOSQAN part“, Nucl. Eng. Des., Bd. 240, Nr. 10, S. 3209–3220, Okt. 2010, doi: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2010.05.061.
[2] NEA (2007), International Standard Problem: ISP-47 on Containment Thermal Hydraulics – Final Report, OECD Publishing, Paris IP/Copyright Situation: ANSR
Organization / Localization: IRSN (ASNR) Country: France Facility Description: Vessel of 7 m3 volume with thermostatically
controlled walls by coolant circulation inside the stainless steel walls. Test Identification: SPRAY TESTS 101-113 SA-Related Topics / Phenomena:Containment spray actuation and atmosphere mixing Measured Parameters: Pressure, temperature, local gas species concentration, velocity profile Simulation Code: ASTEC
COCOSYS
CFX
FUMO
GASFLOW
MELCOR
NEPTUNE
TONUS Experimental Research Program: European project SARNET (Severe Accident Research NETwork), under the CAM (Containment) group activities (Contract FI6O-CT 2004-509065)
References: [1] J. Malet, L. Blumenfeld, S. Arndt, M. Babic, A. Bentaib, F. Dabbene, P. Kostka, S. Mimouni, M. Movahed, S. Paci, Z. Parduba, J. Travis, E. Urbonavicius, Sprays in containment: Final results of the SARNET spray benchmark, Nuclear Engineering and Design, Volume 241, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2162-2171, ISSN 0029-5493, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2011.03.016 IP/Copyright Situation: ANSR
Organization / Localization: IRSN (ASNR) Country: France Facility Description: Vessel of 7 m3 volume with thermostatically
controlled walls by coolant circulation inside the stainless steel walls. Test Identification: SUMP TESTS 201-210 SA-Related Topics / Phenomena:Pool behaviour Measured Parameters: Pressure, temperature, local gas species concentration, velocity profile Simulation Code: ASTEC/CPA
TONUS
References: [1] J. Malet, O. Degrees du Lou, T. Gelain, Water evaporation over sump surface in nuclear containment studies: CFD and LP codes validation on TOSQAN tests, Nuclear Engineering and Design, Volume 263, 2013, Pages 395-405, ISSN 0029-5493, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2013.05.009. IP/Copyright Situation: ANSR
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