PANDA: A Multipurpose Integral Test Facility for LWR Safety Investigations

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left"> Operating specification for the pressure vessels</td><td align="left">Up to 10 bar/200°C fluid conditions</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Power</td><td align="left">1.5 MW electric heat power</td></tr><tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Total volume</td><td align="left">515 m<sup>3</sup>  (modular structure based on 6 main vessels) </td></tr><tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Total height</td><td align="left">25 m</td></tr><tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="3">Instrumentation</td><td align="left">~1000 sensors (temperature, pressure, flow rate, levels, etc.)</td></tr><tr><td align="left">PIV (Particle Image Velocimetry (2D velocity fields)</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Mass spectrometer (air, steam, and helium gas concentration) </td></tr><tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="2">Control system</td><td align="left">Hierarchical programmable logic control system</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Graphical-display man-machine interface with process visualization and online/offline trending</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

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