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

<table class="table-group" id="tab17"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Hydrogen concentration</td><td class="align_center">Cavity compartment</td><td class="align_center">Upper compartment</td><td class="align_center">Lower compartment</td><td class="align_center">Annular compartment</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Fraction (%)</td><td class="align_center">0.050254 (5.025)</td><td class="align_center">0.058634 (5.863)</td><td class="align_center">0.029524 (2.952)</td><td class="align_center">0.028944 (2.894)</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="5"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Peak values of hydrogen mole fraction.</div>

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Table 17: Verification of the Efficacy of Passive Autocatalytic Recombiners in a Typical Pressurized Water Reactor under a Station Blackout Condition 

Table 17 | Verification of the Efficacy of Passive Autocatalytic Recombiners in a Typical Pressurized Water Reactor under a Station Blackout Condition 