Pipe support for use in a nuclear system

Patent · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1977

OSTI ID:862914

Pollono, Louis P ^[1]; Mello, Raymond M ^[1]

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1. Greensburg, PA

A pipe support for high temperature, thin-walled vertical piping runs used in a nuclear system. A cylindrical pipe transition member, having the same inside diameter as the thin-walled piping, replaces a portion of the piping where support is desired. The outside diameter of the pipe transition member varies axially along its vertical dimension. For a section of the axial length adjacent the upper and lower terminations of the pipe transition member, the outside diameter is the same as the outside diameter of the thin-walled piping to which it is affixed. Intermediate of the termination sections, the outside diameter increases from the top of the member to the bottom. Adjacent the lower termination section, the diameter abruptly becomes the same as the piping. Thus, the cylindrical transition member is formed to have a generally triangular shaped cross-section along the axial dimension. Load-bearing insulation is installed next to the periphery of the member and is kept in place by an outer ring clamp. The outer ring clamp is connected to pipe hangers, which provide the desired support for the vertical thin-walled piping runs.

• DOE Contract Number: E(11-1)-2395
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States Energy (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 4046169
• OSTI ID: 862914
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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