NUCLEAR POWER ENGINE

Patent · Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1963

OSTI ID:4114643

Braun, H; Setzwein, A

The power engine described comprises a nuclear reactor, a closed primary circuit with a pressurized coolant medium that expands in a turbine and is recirculated through the core by a compressor, and a pressure vessel, which encloses these parts. The turbine and compressor are located on opposite faces of the core, and the turbine is connected with the compressor directly by a hollow shaft through which part of the primary coolant is circulated for bearing purposes. In the ring-shaped space between the surface of the core and the wall of the pressure vessel there are heat exchanger elements cooled by a secondary coolant medium. (Gmelin Inst.)

• Research Organization: Brown, Boveri; Cie AG
• NSA Number: NSA-18-009706
• OSTI ID: 4114643
• Report Number(s): DE 1156903
• Country of Publication: Germany
• Language: English

Related Subjects

BEARINGS
COMPRESSORS
CONFIGURATION
COOLANT LOOPS
COOLANTS
EXPANSION
FLUID FLOW
GAS FLOW
GASES
HEAT EXCHANGERS
HEAT TRANSFER
MECHANICAL STRUCTURES
PATENT
PLANNING
POWER PLANTS
PRESSURE
PRESSURE VESSELS
REACTOR CORE
REACTOR TECHNOLOGY
SURFACES
TURBINES