INSTALLATION FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SUPERHEATED STEAM IN A NUCLEAR REACTOR

Patent · Mon Jul 18 04:00:00 EDT 1960

OSTI ID:4729756

An installation for the production of superheated steam comprises a nuclear reactor provided with cylindrical fuel elemert cells. Each cell encloses nuclear fuel and has a marginal region in which heat at the temperature of the saturated vapor of a working fluid is produced, while the heat for superheating the vapor is produced in a central region of the cell. Suitably the nuclear fuel is constituted of a cylindrical fuel element so that the marginal region encloses the fuel element, while the inside constitutes the central region. According to an improved embodiment the working fluid itself passes in a first cycle directly through the marginal region, while the same or another fluid passes in a second cycle successively through the central region and through heat transfer means, e.g., a heat exchanger adapted to transfer the heat from the second cycle to the first cycle for superheating the working fluid. (IIB)

• Research Organization: Originating Research Org. not identified
• NSA Number: NSA-17-010117
• OSTI ID: 4729756
• Report Number(s): FR 1239599
• Country of Publication: France
• Language: English

Related Subjects

COOLING
CYLINDERS
FLUID FLOW
FLUIDS
FUEL ELEMENTS
HEAT EXCHANGERS
HEAT TRANSFER
PLANNING
PRODUCTION
REACTOR CORE
REACTOR TECHNOLOGY
REACTORS
STEAM
SUPERHEATING
VAPORS
ZONES