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Experimental study of single-phase pressure drops in coarse particle beds

Abstract

Motivated by uncertainty reduction in nuclear debris beds coolability, experiments have been conducted on the CALIDE facility in order to investigate single-phase pressure losses in representative debris beds, i.e., high sphericity (> 80 %) particle beds with small size dispersion (from 1 mm to 10 mm), for which no validated model exists. In this paper, experimental results are presented and analyzed in order to identify a simple correlation for single-phase flow pressure losses generated in this kind of porous media in reflooding flowing conditions, which cover Darcy to Weakly Turbulent regimes. In the literature, it has been observed that their behaviour can be accurately described by a Darcy-Forchheimer law, involving the sum of a linear term and a quadratic non-linear deviation, with respect to the filtration velocity. Expressions for the coefficients of the linear and quadratic terms are determined by assessing the possibility to evaluate equivalent diameters, i.e., characteristic lengths allowing correct predictions of the linear and quadratic terms by the Ergun equation. It has been observed that the Sauter diameter of particles allows a very precise prediction of the linear term, while the quadratic term can be predicted using the product of the Sauter diameter and a sphericity coefficient as an equivalent diameter.
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hal-03663383 , version 1 (10-05-2022)

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  • HAL Id : hal-03663383 , version 1
  • OATAO : 14294

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Rémi Clavier, Nourdine Chikhi, Florian Fichot, Michel Quintard. Experimental study of single-phase pressure drops in coarse particle beds. NURETH-16 Conference, Aug 2015, Chicago, United States. pp.0. ⟨hal-03663383⟩
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