Inerting Strategy for a Demonstration-Scale Hot Cell Facility Based on Experiences from Pilot-Scale Argon Cell Facility Operation and CFD Analysis

Table 2

Comparison of PRIDE and the target facility of this study (for regular operation).

Design parameter	PRIDE	Target facility
Cell volume	1,230 m^3	7,560 m^3
No. of inlet ports	20	106
Shape of inlet port	Circular	Square
Area of inlet port	0.033 m^2	0.1008 m^2
Space between inlet ports	Not identified	1.261 m
No. of outlet ports	14	74
Shape of outlet port	Rectangular	Rectangular
Area of outlet port	0.3024 m^2	0.3024 m^2
Space between outlet ports	Not identified	0.952 m