An observable experiment facility for low-temperature molten materials to be dropped into water was set up in this study to investigate the mechanism of the vapor explosion. The effect of the fuel and coolant interact...An observable experiment facility for low-temperature molten materials to be dropped into water was set up in this study to investigate the mechanism of the vapor explosion. The effect of the fuel and coolant interaction (FCI) on the vapor explosion during the severe accidents of a fission nuclear reactor has been studied. The experiment results showed that the molten material temperature has an important effect on the vapor explosion behavior and pressure. The increase of the coolant temperature would decrease the pressure of the vapor explosion.展开更多
An experiment facility for observing low-temperature molten tin alloy droplet into water was es- tablished to investigate mechanisms of vapor explosion occurring in severe accidents of a fission nuclear reactor.The va...An experiment facility for observing low-temperature molten tin alloy droplet into water was es- tablished to investigate mechanisms of vapor explosion occurring in severe accidents of a fission nuclear reactor.The vapor explosion behaviors of the molten material were observed by a high-speed video cam- era and the vapor explosion pressures were recorded by a pressure transducer mounted under the water surface.The results showed that the pressure reached a peak value when the molten metal temperature was 600℃-650℃,and the coolant temperature had an obvious decreasing effect on the droplet breakups.A model for single droplet fuel/coolant interaction is proposed.It considers that in the case of Rayleigh-Taylor instability,the coolant that jets from opposite direction penetrates into the fuel and the vapor explosion occurs because of the rapid evaporation.This model explained the effect of metal droplet temperature and coolant temperature on vapor explosion.展开更多
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.50376036)
文摘An observable experiment facility for low-temperature molten materials to be dropped into water was set up in this study to investigate the mechanism of the vapor explosion. The effect of the fuel and coolant interaction (FCI) on the vapor explosion during the severe accidents of a fission nuclear reactor has been studied. The experiment results showed that the molten material temperature has an important effect on the vapor explosion behavior and pressure. The increase of the coolant temperature would decrease the pressure of the vapor explosion.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.50376036).
文摘An experiment facility for observing low-temperature molten tin alloy droplet into water was es- tablished to investigate mechanisms of vapor explosion occurring in severe accidents of a fission nuclear reactor.The vapor explosion behaviors of the molten material were observed by a high-speed video cam- era and the vapor explosion pressures were recorded by a pressure transducer mounted under the water surface.The results showed that the pressure reached a peak value when the molten metal temperature was 600℃-650℃,and the coolant temperature had an obvious decreasing effect on the droplet breakups.A model for single droplet fuel/coolant interaction is proposed.It considers that in the case of Rayleigh-Taylor instability,the coolant that jets from opposite direction penetrates into the fuel and the vapor explosion occurs because of the rapid evaporation.This model explained the effect of metal droplet temperature and coolant temperature on vapor explosion.
