Design and Tests of a Device for the Generation of Controlled Condensation Implosion Events
Design and Tests of a Device for the Generation of Controlled Condensation Implosion Events
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受控凝结内爆事件发生装置的设计与测试
DOI:
10.1080/01457630500458047
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发表时间:
2006
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通讯作者:
M. Šeporaitis
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作者:
K. Almenas;R. Pabarčius;M. Šeporaitis
A test facility has been constructed of which the purpose is to explore the characteristics of a thermo-hydraulic component (a “pulser”) where condensation implosion events can be initiated in a controlled and reproducible manner. This paper summarizes experiments conducted in a horizontal cylindrical pulser. For design purposes, a modified Jakobs number criterion was defined. It is an index measuring the capability of the pulser water to condense all of the initial pulser steam that takes into account the heat capacity of the pulser metal and heating of water by condensation. The tests showed that in order to achieve a rapidly growing condensation rate that exceeds the inertial time constant of the vapor phase, the modified Jakobs number has to approach a value of 5. For a 0.027 m3 volume cylindrical pulser, this can be achieved when the steam contains residual amounts of air (on the order of 0.02 to 0.03 mole fraction). The paper presents experimental results characterizing the dynamic response of the pulser as a function of the liquid side turbulence.