Heat exchanger and water tank arrangement for passive cooling system
Abstract
A water storage tank in the coolant water loop of a nuclear reactor contains a tubular heat exchanger. The heat exchanger has tubesheets mounted to the tank connections so that the tubesheets and tubes may be readily inspected and repaired. Preferably, the tubes extend from the tubesheets on a square pitch and then on a rectangular pitch therebetween. Also, the heat exchanger is supported by a frame so that the tank wall is not required to support all of its weight.
- Inventors:
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- Greensburg, PA
- Baldwin Boro, PA
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Murrysville Boro, PA
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 869048
- Patent Number(s):
- 5267281
- Assignee:
- Westinghouse Electric Corp. (Pittsburgh, PA)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F28 - HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL F28D - HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21C - NUCLEAR REACTORS
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-90SF18495
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- heat; exchanger; water; tank; arrangement; passive; cooling; storage; coolant; loop; nuclear; reactor; contains; tubular; tubesheets; mounted; connections; tubes; readily; inspected; repaired; preferably; extend; square; pitch; rectangular; therebetween; supported; frame; wall; required; support; weight; coolant water; tank wall; tubes extend; water tank; water storage; storage tank; passive cooling; heat exchange; nuclear reactor; heat exchanger; reactor contains; tubular heat; water loop; /376/
Citation Formats
Gillett, James E, Johnson, F Thomas, Orr, Richard S, and Schulz, Terry L. Heat exchanger and water tank arrangement for passive cooling system. United States: N. p., 1993.
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Gillett, James E, Johnson, F Thomas, Orr, Richard S, & Schulz, Terry L. Heat exchanger and water tank arrangement for passive cooling system. United States.
Gillett, James E, Johnson, F Thomas, Orr, Richard S, and Schulz, Terry L. Fri .
"Heat exchanger and water tank arrangement for passive cooling system". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/869048.
@article{osti_869048,
title = {Heat exchanger and water tank arrangement for passive cooling system},
author = {Gillett, James E and Johnson, F Thomas and Orr, Richard S and Schulz, Terry L},
abstractNote = {A water storage tank in the coolant water loop of a nuclear reactor contains a tubular heat exchanger. The heat exchanger has tubesheets mounted to the tank connections so that the tubesheets and tubes may be readily inspected and repaired. Preferably, the tubes extend from the tubesheets on a square pitch and then on a rectangular pitch therebetween. Also, the heat exchanger is supported by a frame so that the tank wall is not required to support all of its weight.},
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journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1993},
month = {Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1993}
}
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