DEFOR: DEbris FORmation and Agglomeration

The Debris Formation and Agglomeration (DEFOR) facility is used to study melt quenching, solidification and agglomeration in deep water pool. The hot melt interaction with water results in jet break-up into many hot droplets. Depending on experimental conditions (mainly water and melt temperatures) these hot droplets can either quench (freeze) and form solid particles or “glue to each other” at the pool’s bottom and form so called agglomerates.