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Cheikhravat, Homan
Universite d'Orleans, ecole doctorale sciences et technologies, 1, Rue de Chartres, BP 6759, 45067 Orleans cedex 2 (France); Institut de Combustion, Aerothermique, Reactivite et Environnement - ICARE, 1C avenue de la Recherche Scientifique, 45071 Orleans cedex 2 (France)2009
Universite d'Orleans, ecole doctorale sciences et technologies, 1, Rue de Chartres, BP 6759, 45067 Orleans cedex 2 (France); Institut de Combustion, Aerothermique, Reactivite et Environnement - ICARE, 1C avenue de la Recherche Scientifique, 45071 Orleans cedex 2 (France)2009
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[en] This thesis is part of safety studies on Pressurized Water Reactors for nuclear power plants. Scenarios including a release of hydrogen predict to trigger spraying in order to reduce the pressure and collect the aerosols towards the bottom. However spraying involves lowering the temperature and, consequently, the content of water vapor initially sufficient to render the atmosphere inert. The purpose of this thesis is to study the de-inerting conditions of premixed hydrogen / air / water vapor in presence of fogs and then to analyze the interaction between the water spray and the flame which can initially be laminar or turbulent. For this purpose two facilities have been designed: a spherical one of 56 L with central ignition that can be heated to 200 C and a large one optimised for flame acceleration (ENACCEF). With these tools have been determined the flammability limits of H2/air/water vapor as a function of pressure and temperature, the behavior of flames close to the limits, the effect of sprinkling on de-inerting and finally the interaction between the flame front and the droplets considering different mean droplets sizes. The influence of a hydrogen concentration gradient on the acceleration criterion and the role of sprinkling on the propagation of a turbulent flame have also been studied. It appears that the spray can cause not only de-inerting but also be ineffective in extinguishing the flame and, in some cases, can even increase the turbulence rate and consequently the flame acceleration process. (author)
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Etude experimentale de la combustion de l'hydrogene dans une atmosphere inflammable en presence de gouttes d'eau
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25 Sep 2009; 260 p; 102 refs.; Available from the INIS Liaison Officer for France, see the 'INIS contacts' section of the INIS website for current contact and E-mail addresses: http://www.iaea.org/inis/contacts/; These Docteur de l'universite d'Orleans, Specialite: Energetique - Mecanique des fluides
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COMBUSTION, CORE SPRAY SYSTEMS, DROPLETS, FLAME EXTINCTION, FLAME PROPAGATION, FLAMMABILITY, HYDROGEN, INERT ATMOSPHERE, NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS, PRESSURE DEPENDENCE, PWR TYPE REACTORS, RADIATION PROTECTION, REACTOR SAFETY, REACTOR SAFETY EXPERIMENTS, SPRAY COOLING, TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE, TURBULENT FLOW
ATMOSPHERES, CHEMICAL REACTIONS, COMBUSTION PROPERTIES, CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERES, COOLING, ECCS, ELEMENTS, ENGINEERED SAFETY SYSTEMS, ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS, FLUID FLOW, NONMETALS, NUCLEAR FACILITIES, OXIDATION, PARTICLES, POWER PLANTS, POWER REACTORS, REACTOR PROTECTION SYSTEMS, REACTORS, SAFETY, THERMAL POWER PLANTS, THERMAL REACTORS, THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES, WATER COOLED REACTORS, WATER MODERATED REACTORS
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