Facilities

The catalyst sheets (stainless steel coated with washcoat/platinum catalyst material) are arranged in parallel forming vertical rectangular flow channels. Such a set-up represents a box-type recombiner section of AREVA design. Inside of the configuration the distribution of the catalyst temperatures and the gas com- position in vertical flow direction are measured. The correlation of the hydrogen conversion and catalyst temperatures with the experimental parameters serve basically to clarify the interactions of reaction kinetics, heat and mass transfer, and the flow conditions inside the recombiner.

Facility is in operation.

The experiment objective was to study the physical phenomena that affect hydrogen distribution in the reactor containment such as: steam wall condensation, heat mass and momentum exchanges with the sump or with the containment spray systems. These different phenomena have been studied during specific test phases.
TOSQAN facility is highly instrumented both in terms of measurement density and diversity. Most of instrumentation is based on innovative optical diagnostics, which allows to measure accurately and non-intrusively the multiphase flow composed of various gases (air, steam, and helium used as a surrogate of hydrogen), water droplets, and aerosols simulating the fission products.
Facility is in operation.

The influence of containment sprays on atmosphere behaviour is being investigated both experimentally and theoretically. Experiments are being performed on the TOSQAN and MISTRA experimental facilities. The main objective of the CEA's MISTRA programme was to study condensation on the walls and the water droplets (from spraying) in a geometry larger than that of TOSQAN and with the possibility of compartments.
The experiments, carried out at MISTRA within SARNET, followed the same basic pattern. First, a well-defined (in terms of pressure, temperature and atmosphere composition) initial state was obtained, with a quiescent atmosphere. Then, sprays were activated with all boundary conditions remaining constant. The tests lasted typically less than two hours.
Facility is in operation.