Published May 1989 | Version v1
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Experimental measurements of air cleaning with water sprays

Creators

  • 1. E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co., Aiken, SC (USA)

Description

The effectiveness of water sprays for removal of gaseous and particulate fission products from air was studied experimentally, to determine the value of existing and proposed spray systems at the Savannah River reactors for cleaning the reactor room air following a hypothetical severe accident. The interaction of spray droplets with iodine and with cesium aerosols formed by combustion were measured separately. In the case of iodine, the results were compared to the theoretical treatment of Albert, Wichner, and Baumgarten. Good agreement was found for the smaller drop sizes, and the effect of spray pH predicted by the theoretical model was confirmed. The aerosol studies demonstrated the effectiveness of sprays in removing aerosol particles larger than 1 micrometer

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Title
Proceedings of the 20th DOE/NRC nuclear air cleaning conference. Sessions 6--15
Imprint Pagination
711 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 650-667.
Report number
NUREG/CP--0098-Vol.2

Conference

Title
20. DOE/NRC nuclear air cleaning conference.
Dates
22-25 Aug 1988.
Place
Boston, MA (USA).

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
CONF-880815--Vol.2.