Facilities
Laboratory of the Thermal‑Hydraulic and Nuclear Area
'GEPELON' Facility
- Generation of Ondulating Liquid Film Installation for producing annular two‑phase flow.
- Upward and downward operation with a 5‑meter column and multiple pipe diameters.
- Monitoring and control of flow rates, pressures, and temperatures across all lines.
- PID control of the pump and water heater.
- Measurement of the liquid film using custom-designed conductance probes.
'CAPELON' Facility
‘CAmara de PElícula ONdulatoria’
- Free‑fall annular two‑phase flow generation facility with camera‑assisted measurement.
- Monitoring and control of flow rate, pressure, and temperature.
- High‑speed camera for flow imaging (up to 130,000 frames per second).
- High‑power laser with an optical system for generating a plane of known dimensions.
- Liquid film measurement using the Planar Laser‑Induced Fluorescence (PLIF) technique.
'JEBEA' Facility
- JEt BEhavior Analysis facility for air/steam jet discharge into suppression pools.
- Monitoring and control of all parameters from the central computer.
- Automatic operation of solenoid valves and PID‑based air temperature control.
- Jet measurement using a high‑speed camera (2,200 frames per second in full HD).
- Variable discharge of air–steam mixtures using nozzles and spargers of different sizes.
'LOCACHAN' Facility
- Counter‑current air flow facility, simulating the stratified flow conditions that occur during a LOCA event.
- Generation of a thin water film using a guided injector.
- Level control through turbulence dampers.
- Parameter logging and monitoring via a portable data‑acquisition system.
Measurement system using a high‑speed camera (2,200 frames per second in full HD).
