Two-phase convection in a porous medium with nonuniform volume heat release

Atomic Energy

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 180-186

  Likhanskii, V V ^a   Loboiko, A I ^a   Khoruzhii, O V ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039269187     PISSN: 10634258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02418928     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. J. Broughton, P. Kaun, D. Petti, and E. Tolman, "A scenario of the Three Mile Island unit 2 accident," Nucl. Techn., 87, 34 (1989).
2. L. Stickler, J. Rempe, S. Chavez, et al., "Calculations to estimate the margin to failure in the TMI-2 vessel," in: NUREC/CR-6196 (1994).
3. H. Hardee and R. Nilson, "Natural convection in porous media with heat generation," Nucl. Sci. Engng. 63, 119-132 (1977).
4. J. Rivard, "In-reactor experiments on the cooling of fast reactor debris," Nucl. Techn., 46, 344-349 (1979).
5. H. Bau and K. Torrance, "Boiling in low-permeability porous materials," Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 25, 45-55 (1982).
6. D. Squarer, A. Pieczynski. and L. Hochreiter, "Effects of debris bed pressure, particle size and distribution on degraded nuclear reactor core coolability," Nuclear Sci. Engng., 80, 2-13 (1982).
7. V. Dhir, "On the coolability of degraded LWR cores," Nucl. Safety, 24, 319-337 (1983).
8. I. Catton, "Experimental studies of degraded core coolability," in: Proceedings of Fission Product Transport Processes in Reactor Accidents (1990), pp. 477-496.
9. R. Lipinski, "A model for boiling and dryout in particle beds," in: NUREC/CR-2649 (1982).
10. P. Ramesh and K. Torrance, "Stability of boiling in porous media," Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 33, 1895-1908 (1990).
11. A. Stubos, J. Buchlin, and C. Joly, "Numerical simulation and interpretation of the European in-pile core debris bed experiment," Experimental Heat Transfer, 2, No. 2, 257-278 (1989).
12. M. Chung and I. Catton, "Post-dryout heat transfer in a multidimensional porous debris bed," in: Proceedings of the 4th International Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics, Karlsruhe (1989), Vol. 1, pp. 696-701.
13. M. Burger, M. Buck, P. Mayr, and A. Schatz, "Modelling of in-vessel latephase melt progression within the KESS code," in: Proceedings of ANS Heat Transfer Conference, Portland (1995), Vol. 8, pp. 322-331.
14. P. Ramesh and K. Torrance, Numer. Heat Transfer, Part B, 17, 1-12 (1990).
15. G. Korth, "Metallographic and hardness examination of TMI-2 lower pressure vessel heat samples," OECD-NEA-TMI-2 VIP TMI V(92)EG01 (1992).
16. C. Olsen, D. Akers, and R. McCardell, "Examination of debris from the lower heat of the TMI-2 reactor," GEND-INF-084 (1988).
17. B. Gebhart, I. Dzhaluriya, R. Mahadjan, and B. Sammakiya, Free Convective Flows and Heat and Mass Transfer [Russian translation], Mir, Moscow (1991), Vol. 2.
18. R. I. Nigmatulin, Dynamics of Multiphase Media [in Russian], Nauka, Moscow (1987), Vol. 1.
19. G. Hofmann and L. Barleon, "Reduced coolability of particle beds as a result of capillary effect at horizontal phase boundaries," in: Proceedings of the International Topical Meeting on Thermal Reactor Safety, San Diego (1986).
20. S. Imura and E. Takegoshi, "Effect of gas pressure on the effective thermal conductivity of packed beds," Heat Transfer Jpn. Research, 3, No. 4, 13 (1974).