Passive safety injection system using borated water

Patent · 31 December 1992

OSTI ID:868634

Conway, Lawrence E ^[1]; Schulz, Terry L ^[2]

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1. Allegheny, PA
2. Westmoreland, PA

A passive safety injection system relies on differences in water density to induce natural circulatory flow patterns which help maintain prescribed concentrations of boric acid in borated water, and prevents boron from accumulating in the reactor vessel and possibly preventing heat transfer.

• Research Organization: WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-86SF16038
• Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp. (Pittsburgh, PA)
• Patent Number(s): US 5180543
• OSTI ID: 868634
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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heat
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