ANL Power -Void Transf. Funct. BWR (SET facility)

CCVM Key:

11.47

Country:

United States of America

Organization:

ANL - Argonne National Laboratory

Operating years:

1961 -

Reference reactor:

Availability:

Objectives:

The objective of the experiment was to oscillate sinusoidally the heating power to a boiling-test channel and to observe the void oscillations which resulted.

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Experimental conditions

Test details:

The "small scale loop" in the hear engineering laboratory of Argonne National Laboratory was used for the experiment.

Pressure min:2.7 MPa

Pressure max:6.9 MPa

Power max:92 kW

Facility geometry

Keywords General:

Non Nuclear Core

Keywords Others:

Pipe

Test section details:

The test section was a rectangular tube of stainless steel. The heated height was 127cm, and the inner channel dimensions were 4.44 x 1.11 cm. The test tube was heated uniformly along its length by passing an AC current of several thousand amperes through the test section wall, which was 0.09 cm thick.

References

H. Christensen: "Power to void transfer functions". ANL-6385, July 1961.

https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/4840044

Phenomena

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100%	Heat Transfer : Core