Large panel design for containment air baffle

Patent · 08 December 1992

OSTI ID:7205931

Orr, R S

The movable air baffle shield means in accordance with the present invention provides an efficient method of cooling the space surrounding the containment vessel while also providing the capability of being moved away from the containment vessel during inspection. The containment apparatus comprises a generally cylindrical sealed containment vessel for containing at least a portion of a nuclear power generation plant, a disparate shield building surrounding and housing the containment vessel therein and spaced outwardly thereof so as to form an air annulus in the space between the shield building and the containment vessel, a shield baffle means positioned in the air annulus around at least a portion of the sides of the containment vessel providing a coolant path between the baffle means and the containment vessel to permit cooling of the containment vessel by air, the shield baffle means being movable to afford access to the containment vessel. 9 figs.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Electric Corp
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-90SF18495
• Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
• Patent Number(s): A; US 5169596
• Application Number: PPN: US 7-847501
• OSTI ID: 7205931
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
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AIR FLOW
ANNULAR SPACE
BAFFLES
BUILDINGS
CONFIGURATION
CONTAINMENT
CONTAINMENT BUILDINGS
CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS
CONTROL EQUIPMENT
COOLING
DESIGN
ENGINEERED SAFETY SYSTEMS
EQUIPMENT
FLOW REGULATORS
FLUID FLOW
GAS FLOW
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
POWER PLANTS
SPACE
THERMAL POWER PLANTS