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Hydrogen-Burn Survival Experiments at Fully Instrumented Test Site (FITS) (NUREG/CR-3521)
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Printed August 1984
Elizabeth H. Richards
John J. Aragon
Sandia National Laboratories
Albuquerque. New Mexico 87185
Operated by Sandia Corporation
for the U. S. Department of Energy
Prepared for
Severe Accident Assessment Branch
Division of Accident Evaluation
Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research and
Chemical Engineering Branch Division of Engineering
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Washington. DC 20555
Under Interagency Agreement DOE 40-550-75
NRC FIN Nos. A-1270 and A-1306
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Abstract
A series of hydrogen-burn experiments conducted for the
Hydrogen-Burn Survival Program is described. The experiments,
executed at Sandia National Laboratories' Fully Instrumented
Test Site (FITS) facility in Albuquerque, provided data concerning
the hydrogen-burn thermal environment as it relates
to equipment survivability in nuclear power plants.
The test plan, instrumentation, and results are presented,
along with a brief discussion of test volume (scale) considerations.
Conclusions drawn from the results concern the
repeatability of the tests, the suitability of thermocouples for measuring gas temperatures, and the effects of initial
hydrogen concentrations and fans on the responses of calorimeters
and components. The effect of initial steam concentration
on temperature response cannot be determined because
of preignition pressure considerations.
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