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Liquid metal reactor air cooling baffle

Patent ·
OSTI ID:869454
 [1]
  1. Los Gatos, CA
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A baffle is provided between a relatively hot containment vessel and a relatively cold silo for enhancing air cooling performance. The baffle includes a perforate inner wall positionable outside the containment vessel to define an inner flow riser therebetween, and an imperforate outer wall positionable outside the inner wall to define an outer flow riser therebetween. Apertures in the inner wall allow thermal radiation to pass laterally therethrough to the outer wall, with cooling air flowing upwardly through the inner and outer risers for removing heat.
Research Organization:
General Electric Co
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-89SF17445
Assignee:
General Electric Company (San Jose, CA)
Patent Number(s):
US 5339340
OSTI ID:
869454
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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