PACTEL - facility for VVER thermal hydraulics

Jyrki Kouhia

PACTEL - facility for VVER thermal hydraulics

Jyrki Kouhia

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

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Abstract

The PArallel Channel TEst Loop (PACTEL) is a medium scale integral test facility (full height, volumetrically scaled, 1:305) designed to simulate thermal hydraulic phenomena characteristic of the VVER reactors with particular attention to the versions used in Finland. The PACTEL facility is located in Lappeenranta and it has been in operation since 1990. The facility was constructed by VTT Energy and Lappeenranta University of Technology. In the paper a short description of the PACTEL facility is given, as well as new steam generator model, which will replace the original PACTEL steam generator models. A measurement instrumentation is presented briefly. As an example of the investigations made so far, some findings of two test series to study the behaviour natural circulation over a range of primary side inventories are shown.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	French-Finnish colloquium on safety of French and Russian type nuclear power plants
Place of Publication	Lappeenranta
Publisher	Lappeenranta University of Technology
Pages	88-96
ISBN (Print)	951-763-880-9
Publication status	Published - 1994
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	French-Finnish Colloquim on Safety of French and Russian Type Nuclear Power Plants - Lappeenranta, Finland Duration: 14 Jun 1994 → 16 Jun 1994

Publication series

Series	Lappeenrannan teknillinen korkeakoulu. Tieteellisiä julkaisuja
Volume	41
ISSN	0356-8210

Conference

Conference	French-Finnish Colloquim on Safety of French and Russian Type Nuclear Power Plants
Country/Territory	Finland
City	Lappeenranta
Period	14/06/94 → 16/06/94

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Kouhia, J 1994, PACTEL - facility for VVER thermal hydraulics. in French-Finnish colloquium on safety of French and Russian type nuclear power plants. Lappeenranta University of Technology, Lappeenranta, Lappeenrannan teknillinen korkeakoulu. Tieteellisiä julkaisuja, vol. 41, pp. 88-96, French-Finnish Colloquim on Safety of French and Russian Type Nuclear Power Plants, Lappeenranta, Finland, 14/06/94.

PACTEL - facility for VVER thermal hydraulics. / Kouhia, Jyrki.
French-Finnish colloquium on safety of French and Russian type nuclear power plants. Lappeenranta: Lappeenranta University of Technology, 1994. p. 88-96 (Lappeenrannan teknillinen korkeakoulu. Tieteellisiä julkaisuja, Vol. 41).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference article in proceedings › Scientific › peer-review

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