Nuclear powerplant with closed gas-cooling circuit

Patent · Tue Dec 21 04:00:00 EST 1976

OSTI ID:7324666

Haferkamp, D; Hodzic, A; Winter, U

Disclosed is a nuclear power plant comprising a pressure-tight safety vessel surrounding the entire plant, an inner vessel of reinforced concrete, a high-temperature reactor contained in the inner vessel, a gas turbine assembly having a turbine and a high- and low-pressure compressor located in a horizontally oriented chamber below the reactor, a plurality of heat exchange units positioned in a plurality of vertically oriented pods spaced radially symmetrically about the reactor and suitable conduits for carrying the reactive gas between the system components. The conduits are arranged in generally horizontally and vertically oriented straight lines, and the conduits for carrying low-pressure gas comprise a horizontal system positioned beneath the turbine assembly having a plurality of coaxial connecting tubes, collectors and distributors as well as normal conduits, so that high pressure gas flows in the internal passage and low-pressure gas flows in the outer passage. 22 claims, 7 figures.

• Assignee: Hochtemperatur-Reactorbau GmbH
• Patent Number(s): US 3998057
• OSTI ID: 7324666
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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