Published 1995 | Version v1
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High temperature combustion facility: present capabilities and future prospects

  • 1. Brookhaven National Lab., Upton (United States)

Description

The high-temperature combustion facility constructed and operated by the Department of Advanced Technology of Brookhaven National Laboratory to support and promote research in the area of hydrogen combustion phenomena in mixtures prototypical to light-water reactor containment atmospheres under potential severe accident conditions is reported. The facility can accommodate combustion research activities encompassing the fields of detonation physics, flame acceleration, and low-speed deflagration in a wide range of combustible gas mixtures at initial temperatures up to 700 K and post-combustion pressures up to 100 atmospheres. Some preliminary test results are presented that provide further evidence that the effect of temperature is to increase the sensitivity of hydrogen-air-steam mixtures to undergo detonation

Abstract (Russian)

Описана высокотемпературная установка для изучения процессов сжигания, созданная и эксплуатируемая в отделе передовых технологий национальной лаборатории в Брукхейвене для исследований в области сжигания водорода в смесях, характерных для атмосферы защитной оболочки легководных реакторов в условиях возможных аварий с тяжелыми последствиями. Установка позволяет проводить исследования в области физики детонаций, ускоренного распространения пламени и замедленного сгорания без взрыва в широком диапазоне горючих газовых смессей при начальных температурах до 700 К и конечных давлениях до 100 атмосфер. Представлены некоторые предварительные результаты испытаний, указывающие на то, что рост температуры должен увеличивать чувствительность смесей водорода, воздуха и водяного пара к детонации
Part of:
Combustion, detonation, shock waves. Proceedings of the Zel'dovich memorial - International conference on combustion. Volume 1

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
EhNAS
Imprint Place
Moscow (Russian Federation)
ISBN
5-89055-002-0
Imprint Title
Combustion, detonation, shock waves. Proceedings of the Zel'dovich memorial - International conference on combustion. Volume 1
Imprint Pagination
458 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 429-433

Conference

Title
Zel'dovich memorial - International conference on combustion
Dates
12-17 Sep 1994
Place
Moscow (Russian Federation)

INIS

Country of Publication
Russian Federation
Country of Input or Organization
Russian Federation
INIS RN
34046918
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
AIR; COMBUSTION; CONTAINMENT; EXPLOSIONS; FLAMMABILITY; HYDROGEN; MIXTURES; REACTOR SAFETY; SENSITIVITY; STEAM; TEST FACILITIES; WATER COOLED REACTORS
Descriptors DEC
CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COMBUSTION PROPERTIES; DISPERSIONS; ELEMENTS; FLUIDS; GASES; NONMETALS; OXIDATION; REACTORS; SAFETY; THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES

Optional Information

Notes
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