Assessment of scaling criteria adopted in designing nuclear power plants experimental simulators
Creators
- 1. Pisa Univ. (Italy). Dipartimento di Costruzioni Meccaniche e Nucleari
Description
The choice of the scaling laws and particularly the extrapolation of data measured in experimental facilities for application to real plants remains an important unresolved issue in Nuclear Reactor Safety. One of such experimental facilities, named PIPER-ONE, is in construction at 'Dipartimento di Costruzioni Meccaniche e Nucleari' of Pisa University with the aim of simulating Small Break LOCAs in BWRs. This paper presents an in depth analysis of scaling principles adopted in similar apparatuses in the world. Besides it deals with the problem of the extrapolating of experimental data to real systems; in order to achieve this, a comparative analysis is carried out with reference to calculated or measured transients arising or assumed in ROSA-III, FIX-II, PIPER-ONE and BWR plants. (orig.)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- J. Nucl. Mater.
- Journal Volume
- 130
- Series
- CODEN: JNUMA.;J. Nucl. Mater.
- Journal Page Range
- 51-63
- ISSN
- 0022-3115
Conference
- Title
- Symposium on thermodynamics of nuclear materials in conjunction with the IUPAC conference on chemical thermodynamics and 39. calorimetry conference.
- Dates
- 13-17 Aug 1984.
- Place
- Hamilton (Canada).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- Netherlands
- INIS RN
- 16054593
- Subject category
- S22: GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; REACTOR SAFETY; SCALING; SCALING LAWS; SIMULATION
- Descriptors DEC
- CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CORROSION; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; POWER PLANTS; SAFETY; THERMAL POWER PLANTS