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in publisher: "Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Div. of Systems Technology, Washington, DC United States"

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The effect of initial temperature on flame acceleration and deflagration-to-detonation transition phenomenon

The High-Temperature Combustion Facility at BNL was used to conduct deflagration-to-detonation transition (DDT) experiments. Periodic orifice plates were installed inside the entire length of the detonation tube in order to promote flame acceleration. The orifice plates are 27.3-cm-outer diameter, which is equivalent to the inner diameter of the tube, and 20.6-cm-inner diameter. The detonation tube length is 21.3-meters long, and the spacing of the orifice plates is one tube diameter. A standar… more

Date: May 1998

Creator: Ciccarelli, G.; Boccio, J. L.; Ginsberg, T.; Finfrock, C.; Gerlach, L.; Tagawa, H. et al.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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A reassessment of the potential for an alpha-mode containment failure and a review of the current understanding of broader fuel-coolant interaction issues. Second steam explosion review group workshop

This report summarizes the review and evaluation by experts of the current understanding of the molten fuel-coolant interaction (FCI) issues covering the complete spectrum of interactions, i.e., from mild quenching to very energetic interactions including those that could lead to the alpha-mode containment failure. Of the eleven experts polled, all but two concluded that the alpha-mode failure issue was resolved from a risk perspective, meaning that this mode of failure is of very low probabili… more

Date: August 1996

Creator: Basu, S. & Ginsberg, T.

Item Type: Article