Research Article

Verification of the Efficacy of Passive Autocatalytic Recombiners in a Typical Pressurized Water Reactor under a Station Blackout Condition

Table 13

Results of sensitivity study #5 (MAAP parameter, base case).

Depressurization time (sec)EPSCUTTCLMAXFAOXH2 mass (kg)Case#

10,8500.022750Default510.611
Default27501.75536.072
0.02Default1.75470.643
0.0227501.75534.464
10,9000.022750Default506.835
Default27501.75523.216
0.02Default1.75461.727
0.0227501.75544.958
10,9250.022750Default504.379
Default27501.75543.3310
0.02Default1.75459.9211
0.0227501.75537.3912
10,9500.022750Default531.9013
Default27501.75530.3014
0.02Default1.75457.2915
0.0227501.75516.9116
11,0000.022750Default526.4117
Default27501.75519.9218
0.02Default1.75457.4119
0.0227501.75538.3620
11,0500.022750Default527.3421
Default27501.75531.2422
0.02Default1.75461.0523
0.0227501.75543.1124

The bold values point to the case with maximum hydrogen production.