Nuclear reactors including heat exchangers and heat pipes extending from a core of the nuclear reactor into the heat exchanger and related methods
Abstract
A nuclear reactor including a reactor core comprising a plurality of fuel materials and a plurality of heat pipes. The nuclear reactor further includes a heat exchanger coupled to the reactor core defining a flow path in an open volume including at least two heat pipes of the plurality of heat pipes. Methods of operating a nuclear reactor include passing fluid through an open volume in a heat exchanger including at least two heat pipes extending from a reactor core.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1805475
- Patent Number(s):
- 10910116
- Application Number:
- 15/461,173
- Assignee:
- Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, ID)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21C - NUCLEAR REACTORS
G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21D - NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC07-05ID14517
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 03/16/2017
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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McKellar, Michael G. Nuclear reactors including heat exchangers and heat pipes extending from a core of the nuclear reactor into the heat exchanger and related methods. United States: N. p., 2021.
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