Experimental investigations at the GENEVA passive residual heat removal test facility

Phenomena of heat transfer system at low driving forces - mainly the transition zone between single phase and two phase heat transfer - is of high interest for several technical applications. Passive safety systems of advanced nuclear reactor concepts and operation of concentrated solar power systems are only two examples. The GENEVA natural circulation test facility was established for generic investigations of thermohydraulic impact factors on natural circulation residual heat removal systems at the Professorship of Hydrogen- and Nuclear Energy Technology, TU Dresden in 2013. (orig.)