Method of bringing nuclear power plant to fractional electrical load conditions

Patent · Tue Jun 06 00:00:00 EDT 1978

OSTI ID:6681873

Iljunin, V G; Kuznetsoy, I A; Murogov, V M; Shmelev, A N

A method is described of bringing a nuclear power plant to fractional electric load conditions, which power plant comprises at least two nuclear reactors, at least one nuclear reactor being a breeder and both reactors transferring heat to the turbine working substance, consisting in that the consumption of the turbine working substance is reduced in accordance with a predetermined fractional load. At the same time, the amount of heat being transferred from the nuclear reactors to the turbine working substance is reduced, for which purpose the reactors are included in autonomous cooling circuits to successively transfer heat to the turbine working substance. The breeding reactor is included in the cooling circuit with a lower coolant temperature, the temperature of the coolant at the inlet and outlet of the breeder being reduced to a level ensuring the operation of the nuclear power plant in predetermined fractional load conditions, due to which the power of the breeder is increased, and afterheat is removed.

• Assignee: TIC; ERA-03-057014; EDB-78-119919
• Patent Number(s): US 4093514
• Application Number: TRN: 78-017170
• OSTI ID: 6681873
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 22 Feb 1977
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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