Plant having feed water heating means for nuclear units during plant start up and method of operating the same

Patent · Tue Aug 10 00:00:00 EDT 1982

OSTI ID:6535279

Grimes, A S; Hunter, R S

A plant having feed water heating means for heating feed water supplied to a nuclear steam supply unit during plant start up and/or shutdown. High pressure heaters are positioned in a feed water delivery line between a feed water pump and a steam generator forming part of the nuclear steam supply unit. Steam is admitted into the high pressure feed water heaters from a main steam delivery line extending from the steam generator during start up to heat the feed water.

• Assignee: EDB-83-057450
• Patent Number(s): US 4343682
• OSTI ID: 6535279
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 20 Aug 1980; Other Information: PAT-APPL-179803
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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