Vacuum breaker valve assembly
Abstract
Breaker valve assemblies for a simplified boiling water nuclear reactor are described. The breaker valve assembly, in one form, includes a valve body and a breaker valve. The valve body includes an interior chamber, and an inlet passage extends from the chamber and through an inlet opening to facilitate transporting particles from outside of the valve body to the interior chamber. The breaker valve is positioned in the chamber and is configured to substantially seal the inlet opening. Particularly, the breaker valve includes a disk which is sized to cover the inlet opening. The disk is movably coupled to the valve body and is configured to move substantially concentrically with respect to the valve opening between a first position, where the disk completely covers the inlet opening, and a second position, where the disk does not completely cover the inlet opening. 1 fig.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- General Electric Co., Boston, MA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 350335
- Patent Number(s):
- 5898748
- Application Number:
- PAN: 8-901,231
- Assignee:
- General Electric Co., Schenectady, NY (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-90SF18494
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 27 Apr 1999
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 21 NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; BWR TYPE REACTORS; DESIGN; VALVES; SEALS
Citation Formats
Thompson, J L, and Upton, H A. Vacuum breaker valve assembly. United States: N. p., 1999.
Web.
Thompson, J L, & Upton, H A. Vacuum breaker valve assembly. United States.
Thompson, J L, and Upton, H A. Tue .
"Vacuum breaker valve assembly". United States.
@article{osti_350335,
title = {Vacuum breaker valve assembly},
author = {Thompson, J L and Upton, H A},
abstractNote = {Breaker valve assemblies for a simplified boiling water nuclear reactor are described. The breaker valve assembly, in one form, includes a valve body and a breaker valve. The valve body includes an interior chamber, and an inlet passage extends from the chamber and through an inlet opening to facilitate transporting particles from outside of the valve body to the interior chamber. The breaker valve is positioned in the chamber and is configured to substantially seal the inlet opening. Particularly, the breaker valve includes a disk which is sized to cover the inlet opening. The disk is movably coupled to the valve body and is configured to move substantially concentrically with respect to the valve opening between a first position, where the disk completely covers the inlet opening, and a second position, where the disk does not completely cover the inlet opening. 1 fig.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {1999},
month = {4}
}