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

Table 14

Result of sensitivity study #6 (base case without external injection).

Depressurization time (sec)	EPSCUT	TCLMAX	FAOX	H2 mass (kg)	Oxidation (%)	Case#
9850	—	2750	1.75	492.44	55.57	1
	0.02	2750	1.75	487.41	55.00	2
10,350	—	2750	1.75	517.63	58.41	3
	0.02	2750	1.75	522.31	58.94	4
10,850	—	2750	1.75	546.57	61.68	5
	0.02	2750	1.75	544.79	61.47	6
10,900	—	2750	1.75	549.14	61.97	7
	0.02	2750	1.75	525.38	59.28	8
10,925	—	2750	1.75	543.02	61.27	9
	0.02	2750	1.75	534.93	60.36	10
10,950	—	2750	1.75	525.57	59.31	11
	0.02	2750	1.75	529.8	59.78	12
11,000	—	2750	1.75	529.61	59.76	13
	0.02	2750	1.75	551.93	62.28	14
11,250	—	2750	1.75	528.95	59.69	15
	0.02	2750	1.75	540.87	61.03	16
11,500	—	2750	1.75	513.85	57.98	17
	0.02	2750	1.75	523.9	59.12	18
11,750	—	2750	1.75	493.85	55.73	19
	0.02	2750	1.75	504.88	59.97	20
12,000	—	2750	1.75	495.55	55.92	21
	0.02	2750	1.75	504.84	56.97	22
12,500	—	2750	1.75	493.6	55.70	23
	0.02	2750	1.75	504.87	56.97	24
13,000	—	2750	1.75	493.71	55.71	25
	0.02	2750	1.75	504.86	56.97	26

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