HOMOGENEOUS NUCLEAR REACTOR
Abstract
Nuclear reactors of the homogeneous liquid fuel type are discussed. The reactor is comprised of an elongated closed vessel, vertically oriented, having a critical region at the bottom, a lower chimney structure extending from the critical region vertically upwardly and surrounded by heat exchanger coils, to a baffle region above which is located an upper chimney structure containing a catalyst functioning to recombine radiolyticallydissociated moderator gages. In operation the liquid fuel circulates solely by convection from the critical region upwardly through the lower chimney and then downwardly through the heat exchanger to return to the critical region. The gases formed by radiolytic- dissociation of the moderator are carried upwardly with the circulating liquid fuel and past the baffle into the region of the upper chimney where they are recombined by the catalyst and condensed, thence returning through the heat exchanger to the critical region.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Originating Research Org. not identified
- OSTI Identifier:
- 4237781
- Patent Number(s):
- 2874106
- Assignee:
- U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21C - NUCLEAR REACTORS
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
- NSA Number:
- NSA-13-015815
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-59
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- REACTORS; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COILS; CONDENSERS; CONFIGURATION; CONVECTION; CRITICALITY; DECOMPOSITION; FINS; FLUID FLOW; FUELS; GASES; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HOMOGENEOUS REACTORS; ION RECOMBINATION; LIQUIDS; MECHANICAL STRUCTURES; MODERATORS; POWER PLANTS; RADIATION CHEMISTRY; RADIOLYSIS; VAPORS; VESSELS; ZONES
Citation Formats
Hammond, R P, and Busey, H M. HOMOGENEOUS NUCLEAR REACTOR. United States: N. p., 1959.
Web.
Hammond, R P, & Busey, H M. HOMOGENEOUS NUCLEAR REACTOR. United States.
Hammond, R P, and Busey, H M. Tue .
"HOMOGENEOUS NUCLEAR REACTOR". United States.
@article{osti_4237781,
title = {HOMOGENEOUS NUCLEAR REACTOR},
author = {Hammond, R P and Busey, H M},
abstractNote = {Nuclear reactors of the homogeneous liquid fuel type are discussed. The reactor is comprised of an elongated closed vessel, vertically oriented, having a critical region at the bottom, a lower chimney structure extending from the critical region vertically upwardly and surrounded by heat exchanger coils, to a baffle region above which is located an upper chimney structure containing a catalyst functioning to recombine radiolyticallydissociated moderator gages. In operation the liquid fuel circulates solely by convection from the critical region upwardly through the lower chimney and then downwardly through the heat exchanger to return to the critical region. The gases formed by radiolytic- dissociation of the moderator are carried upwardly with the circulating liquid fuel and past the baffle into the region of the upper chimney where they are recombined by the catalyst and condensed, thence returning through the heat exchanger to the critical region.},
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place = {United States},
year = {1959},
month = {2}
}