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Experimental Determination and Analysis of Iodine Mass Transfer Coefficients from THAI Test Iod-23
K. FISCHER, Becker Technologies GmbH, Eschborn (GE)
G. WEBER, GRS, Garching (GE)
F. FUNKE, G. LANGROCK, AREVA GmbH, Erlangen (GE)
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THAI vessel with general thermal hydraulic instrumentation
ERMSAR 2012, Cologne March 21 – 23, 2012Configuration of THAI facility for I2 mass transfer test
(including target values of boundary conditions)
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Air injection port
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Sump recirculation off
Sump recirculation on
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Iodine mass flux from the water surface to the gas space:
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g2g I/Gkk
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Conversion of dissolved I2 to iodide ions I- by surface reaction with submerged steel:
Water-side mass transfer coefficient based on unsteady molecular diffusion:
cw t
Dk
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Average contact time tc for constant radial flow velocity v = 0.35 m/s
v3
Rdrr2
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02c
tc (s) kw (m/s) s (m)
Stagnating sump < 7200 > 3.5E-7 <0.0025
Mixed sump 0.67 3.6E-5 2.4E-5
AIM-3 default - 1E-5 -
Results for contact time, transfer coefficient and film thickness s
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ERMSAR 2012, Cologne March 21 – 23, 2012Model comparison for iodine mass flow
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Uncertainties of the present analysis:
• Experimental uncertainties (no explicit measurement of I2w; reduction of I2w by reaction with steel wall; determination of tc; influence of air flow upon surface exchange during stagnation conditions)• Model simplifications (e.g. uniform boundary layer thickness; uniform contact time)
Conclusion:
Validity of the film renewal model is well confirmed within the error margins of the present experimental data
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Film renewal model or penetration theory
Water
Atmosphere
Bulk iodine concentration c1
Interface concentration c1i
Concentration boundary layer
cw t
Dk
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How to determine the contact time tc?
From scaling consideration: tc ~ surface length/velocity
From 3-d pool flow simulation: 2-d flow distribution in surface fluid layer with sources and sinks; calculate average surface fluid age
a = age = contact time tc, q = areal flow source/sink (1/s), A = age of source/sink flow (source A = 0, sink A = a)
1)aA(qaut
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