Abstract
The leakage rate of aerosol particles is one of the most important parameters for source term evaluation of containment in severe accidents. In this study, gas leakage characteristics experiments were conducted on capillaries with different inner diameters and tube lengths under different pressure differential conditions. The effects of upstream and downstream pressure differential, capillary tube diameter, tube length, aerosol particle size, whether condensation or not, and release time on aerosol leakage rate were studied. The results show that when the pressure difference between the two ends of the capillary is greater than 0.2 MPa, the leakage rate of the capillary shows a pattern of first increasing and then decreasing with the increase of the pipe diameter; The influence of aerosol particle size on leakage rate mainly affects the inertial deposition effect, which increases with the increase of particle size, leading to a decrease in leakage rate; The condensation effect of steam in capillaries can lead to enhanced effects such as condensate capture, thermophoresis, and diffusion electrophoresis, which have a positive strengthening effect on the retention of aerosol particles.
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