Control rod drive mechanism with heat pipe cooling

Lobscheid, Christian; Noel, Derek

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Title: Control rod drive mechanism with heat pipe cooling

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A representative cooling system for a nuclear reactor control rod drive mechanism (CRDM) includes an evaporation section located within or next to the CRDM and a condensation section fluidly coupled to the evaporation section. The cooling system includes a set of heat fins coupled to drive coils in the CRDM and heat pipes that extend through the drive coils and heat fins. A fluid evaporates while in the evaporation section of the heat pipes from heat generated by the CRDM and moves out of the evaporation section into the condensation section in the heat fins. The fluid cools and condensates while in the condensation section, recirculating back into the evaporation section. This passive natural circulation cooling system reduces or eliminates the number of water hoses, piping, and other water pumping equipment typically used for cooling a CRDM thereby increasing nuclear reactor reliability and simplifying nuclear reactor operation and maintenance.

Inventors:: Lobscheid, Christian; Noel, Derek

Issue Date:: Tue Jun 07 00:00:00 EDT 2022

Research Org.:: NuScale Power, LLC, Corvallis, OR (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1893010

Patent Number(s):: 11355252

Application Number:: 16/229,554

Assignee:: NuScale Power, LLC (Corvallis, OR)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21C - NUCLEAR REACTORS

H - ELECTRICITY H02 - GENERATION H02K - DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES

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G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21C - NUCLEAR REACTORS
G21C15/14 - from headers
G21C15/257 - using heat-pipes {
G21C7/14 - Mechanical drive arrangements
G21C7/18 - Means for obtaining differential movement of control elements

H - ELECTRICITY H02 - GENERATION H02K - DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES
H02K3/24 - with channels or ducts for cooling medium between the conductors
H02K7/06 - Means for converting reciprocating motion into rotary motion or vice versa

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
Y02E30/30 - Nuclear fission reactors

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DOE Contract Number:: NE0000633

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 12/21/2018

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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  abstractNote = {A representative cooling system for a nuclear reactor control rod drive mechanism (CRDM) includes an evaporation section located within or next to the CRDM and a condensation section fluidly coupled to the evaporation section. The cooling system includes a set of heat fins coupled to drive coils in the CRDM and heat pipes that extend through the drive coils and heat fins. A fluid evaporates while in the evaporation section of the heat pipes from heat generated by the CRDM and moves out of the evaporation section into the condensation section in the heat fins. The fluid cools and condensates while in the condensation section, recirculating back into the evaporation section. This passive natural circulation cooling system reduces or eliminates the number of water hoses, piping, and other water pumping equipment typically used for cooling a CRDM thereby increasing nuclear reactor reliability and simplifying nuclear reactor operation and maintenance.},

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