Small Break Air Ingress Experiment

Oh, Chang ; Kim, Eung Soo

Idaho National Laboratory

关键词: Velocity Air Ingress;    Orientation;    Flow Rate;    Oxygen;    Air;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1033889
RP-ID  :  INL/EXT-11-23380
RP-ID  :  DE-AC07-05ID14517
RP-ID  :  1033889

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The small break air-ingress experiment, described in this report, is designed to investigate air-ingress phenomena postulated to occur in pipes in a very high temperature gas-cooled reactor (VHTRs). During this experiment, air-ingress rates were measured for various flow and break conditions through small holes drilled into a pipe of the experimental apparatus. The holes were drilled at right angles to the pipe wall such that a direction vector drawn from the pipe centerline to the center of each hole was at right angles with respect to the pipe centerline. Thus the orientation of each hole was obtained by measuring the included angle between the direction vector of each hole with respect to a reference line anchored on the pipe centerline and pointing in the direction of the gravitational force. Using this reference system, the influence of several important parameters on the air ingress flow rate were measured including break orientation, break size, and flow velocity . The approach used to study the influence of these parameters on air ingress is based on measuring the changes in oxygen concentrations at various locations in the helium flow circulation system as a function of time using oxygen sensors (or detectors) to estimate the air-ingress rates through the holes. The test-section is constructed of a stainless steel pipe which had small holes drilled at the desired locations.