An Experimental Study on the Cooling Characteristics of Passive Containment Cooling Systems

Passive Cooling Technologies

Cooling effects and evaporation characteristics of fogging systems in an experimental piggery

Angelika Haeussermann, Eberhard Hartung, Thomas Jungbluth, Erik Vranken, Jean-Marie Aerts, Daniel Berckmans Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Max-Eyth-Strasse 6, 24188 Kiel, Germany Livestock Systems Engineering, Institute of Agricultural Engineering, University of Hohenheim, Garbenstrasse 9, 70593 Stuttgart, Germany Division M3-BIORES, Department of Bi...

Modelling Buoyancy Induced Flows of Passive Cooling Systems

The main objective of this study is to develop and validate a systematic methodology to model a system of buried pipes, assisted by a solar chimney to promote the natural ventilation, in the whole building simulation software ESP-r (Clarke 2001), from a software user perspective. This development was supported by monitored data collected at an experimental site in Évora, Portugal. A multi-zone ...

EFFECT OF THE INCLINED COOLING PLATE CHARACTERISTICS ON THE THIXOTROPIC MICROSTRUCTURE OF A356.0 ALUMINUM ALLOY

In the present work microstructural evolution of A356 Aluminum alloy using an inclined cooling plate casting process for thixoforming feedstock production is investigated. The resultant microstructure was evaluated and compared with those of the same alloy produced by the conventional casting process, i.e. directly cast in the same mold without using an inclined cooling plate. It was found that...

Sensitivity Analysis and Failure Damage Domain Identification of the Passive Containment Cooling System of an AP1000 Nuclear Reactor

The paper presents an application of a variance decomposition method for the sensitivity analysis of the thermal hydraulic (TH) model of the Passive Containment Cooling System (PCCS) of an Advanced Pressurized Reactor (AP1000). The Loss Of Coolant Accident (LOCA) is considered as the most representative accident for identifying the Failure Damage Domain (FDD) of the PCCS with respect to the ind...