Submersible sodium pump

Patent · Tue Nov 21 00:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:7269966

Brynsvold, G V; Lopez, J T; Olich, E E; West, C W

An electromagnetic submerged pump has an outer cylindrical stator with an inner cylindrical conductive core for the submerged pumping of sodium in the cylindrical interstitial volume defined between the stator and core. The cylindrical interstitial volume is typically vertically oriented, and defines an inlet at the bottom and an outlet at the top. The outer stator generates upwardly conveyed toroidal magnetic fields, which fields convey preferably from the bottom of the pump to the top of the pump liquid sodium in the cold leg of a sodium cooled nuclear reactor. The outer cylindrical stator has a vertically disposed duct surrounded by alternately stacked layers of coil units and laminates. 14 figs.

• Research Organization: General Electric Co., Boston, MA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-85NE37937
• Assignee: General Electric Co., San Jose, CA (United States)
• Patent Number(s): US 4882514; A
• Application Number: PPN: US 7-203179
• OSTI ID: 7269966
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: 7 Jun 1988
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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