1980
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4613-9916-2_6
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Vapor Explosion Phenomena with Respect to Nuclear Reactor Safety Assessment

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“…which shows that ( 1% of the thermal energy is transferred from the solid components to the water [Hicks and Menzies, 1965;Cronenberg and Benz, 1980;Duda, 1982, 1985;Watts, 1994]. Multiple steam explosion events can sometimes increase the amount of mixing during subsequent interactions, but the magnitude of the efficiency cannot increase substantially beyond the estimate given here because we are considering solid particles of a fixed size Watts, 1994].…”
Section: Energetics and Heat Transfermentioning
confidence: 96%
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“…which shows that ( 1% of the thermal energy is transferred from the solid components to the water [Hicks and Menzies, 1965;Cronenberg and Benz, 1980;Duda, 1982, 1985;Watts, 1994]. Multiple steam explosion events can sometimes increase the amount of mixing during subsequent interactions, but the magnitude of the efficiency cannot increase substantially beyond the estimate given here because we are considering solid particles of a fixed size Watts, 1994].…”
Section: Energetics and Heat Transfermentioning
confidence: 96%
“…However, a localized region of steam explosion within the pyroclastic flow is unlikely to be tsunamigenic. In contrast, the propagation of localized steam explosions requires the sequential collapse of nearby vapor films until the front of the pyroclastic flow is consumed [Cronenberg and Benz, 1980]. The triggering process takes time, leading to a finite speed of steam explosion propagation.…”
Section: Steam Explosion Tsunami Generationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…During a severe reactor accident, molten core material (corium) can relocate in the lower plenum of the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) or, after failure of the RPV, it can be released into the containment cavity. Taking into account the presence of water in the degraded/molten core or in the reactor cavity, this could lead to one or more energetic fuelcoolant interactions (FCIs) [1][2][3].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…FCI has been a long-standing matter of concern in nuclear reactor safety [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]. During the recent years, the research focus has shifted from the early containment failure as a consequence of an in-vessel steam explosion (the famous α-mode failure) to possible consequences of steam explosions, primarily ex-vessel but also in-vessel, though in a context different from the α-mode failure.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Even though these explosions have the potential to cause serious accidents in the metals, nuclear and other industries, they are not well understood. In order to provide information about the nature, energetic, and possible suppression of these explosions, many experiments have been performed in which both large and small qua@ities of molten materials have been brought together with liquid water in various configurations (see reviews by Buxton and Nelson 1975;Cronenberg and Benz 1980;Reid 1983;Corradini et al 1988). …”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%