POWER GENERATING NEUTRONIC REACTOR SYSTEM
Abstract
This patent relates to reactor systems of the type wherein the cooiing medium is a liquid which is converted by the heat of the reaction to steam which is conveyed directly to a pnime mover such as a steam turbine driving a generatore after which it is condensed and returred to the coolant circuit. In this design, the reactor core is disposed within a tank for containing either a slurry type fuel or an aggregation of solid fuel elements such as elongated rods submerged in a liquid moderator such as heavy water. The top of the tank is provided with a nozzle which extends into an expansion chamber connected with the upper end of the tank, the coolant being maintained in the expansion chamber at a level above the nozzle and the steam being formed in the expansion chamber.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 4336038
- Patent Number(s):
- 2825688
- Assignee:
- U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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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
G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21C - NUCLEAR REACTORS
- NSA Number:
- NSA-12-010275
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-58
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- PATENTS; CONDENSERS; COOLANTS; EXPANSION; FUEL ELEMENTS; GENERATORS; HEAVY WATER MODERATOR; LIQUIDS; MODERATORS; NOZZLES; PATENT; PLANNING; REACTOR CORE; REACTORS; RODS; SLURRIES; STEAM; TURBINES; VESSELS
Citation Formats
Vernon, H C. POWER GENERATING NEUTRONIC REACTOR SYSTEM. United States: N. p., 1958.
Web.
Vernon, H C. POWER GENERATING NEUTRONIC REACTOR SYSTEM. United States.
Vernon, H C. Sat .
"POWER GENERATING NEUTRONIC REACTOR SYSTEM". United States.
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title = {POWER GENERATING NEUTRONIC REACTOR SYSTEM},
author = {Vernon, H C},
abstractNote = {This patent relates to reactor systems of the type wherein the cooiing medium is a liquid which is converted by the heat of the reaction to steam which is conveyed directly to a pnime mover such as a steam turbine driving a generatore after which it is condensed and returred to the coolant circuit. In this design, the reactor core is disposed within a tank for containing either a slurry type fuel or an aggregation of solid fuel elements such as elongated rods submerged in a liquid moderator such as heavy water. The top of the tank is provided with a nozzle which extends into an expansion chamber connected with the upper end of the tank, the coolant being maintained in the expansion chamber at a level above the nozzle and the steam being formed in the expansion chamber.},
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