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Automatic steam generator control at low power

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6836084
This paper describes, in a pressurized water nuclear reactor steam supply system having a circulating steam generator including a feedwater pump, a main feedwater valve and a bypass feedwater valve having a lower flow capacity than that of the mainfeed water valve, a method for controlling the water level in the steam generator during operation in a low power regime spanning the range of about 0 to 15% of full power and excluding controlling water level during refilling of the steam generator immediately following a reactor trip.
Assignee:
Combustion Engineering Inc., Windsor, CT
Patent Number(s):
US 4912732; A
Application Number:
PPN: US 7-181513A
OSTI ID:
6836084
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English