Revaporization of a Csl aerosol in a horizontal straight pipe in a severe accident condition

Aerosol revaporization in piping is being investigated in the WIND project at the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute. The objectives of this study are to characterize the aerosol revaporization from piping surfaces under various thermal-hydraulic conditions and to obtain insights applicable to t he validation of analytical models. Cesium iodide aerosol was introduced in to the test section with a carrier gas. After quantifying the deposited mas s of cesium and iodine, the test section was reheated to realize the revapo rization. The revaporized materials were deposited onto another test sectio n with an axial temperature gradient located downstream. Two runs (WAV1 and WAV2) were conducted In WAV2, the influence of metaboric acid was examined . Most of the deposited cesium and iodine in the test section was revaporiz ed and transported downstream. In WAV2, deposition density of cesium was mu ch larger than that of iodine. It was supposed that a part of the cesium io dide that was deposited in the upstream test section reacted with boric oxi de to form cesium metaborate.