Float level switch for a nuclear power plant containment vessel
Abstract
This invention is a float level switch used to sense rise or drop in water level in a containment vessel of a nuclear power plant during a loss of coolant accident. The essential components of the device are a guide tube, a reed switch inside the guide tube, a float containing a magnetic portion that activates a reed switch, and metal-sheathed, ceramic-insulated conductors connecting the reed switch to a monitoring system outside the containment vessel. Special materials and special sealing techniques prevent failure of components and allow the float level switch to be connected to a monitoring system outside the containment vessel. 1 figures.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 5311553
- Patent Number(s):
- 5262604
- Application Number:
- PPN: US 7-681030
- Assignee:
- Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC12-76SN00052
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 5 Apr 1991
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; LEVEL INDICATORS; DESIGN; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; REACTOR MONITORING SYSTEMS; CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS; REACTOR INSTRUMENTATION; CONTAINMENT; ENGINEERED SAFETY SYSTEMS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; POWER PLANTS; THERMAL POWER PLANTS; 220400* - Nuclear Reactor Technology- Control Systems
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Powell, J G. Float level switch for a nuclear power plant containment vessel. United States: N. p., 1993.
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Powell, J G. Float level switch for a nuclear power plant containment vessel. United States.
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"Float level switch for a nuclear power plant containment vessel". United States.
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title = {Float level switch for a nuclear power plant containment vessel},
author = {Powell, J G},
abstractNote = {This invention is a float level switch used to sense rise or drop in water level in a containment vessel of a nuclear power plant during a loss of coolant accident. The essential components of the device are a guide tube, a reed switch inside the guide tube, a float containing a magnetic portion that activates a reed switch, and metal-sheathed, ceramic-insulated conductors connecting the reed switch to a monitoring system outside the containment vessel. Special materials and special sealing techniques prevent failure of components and allow the float level switch to be connected to a monitoring system outside the containment vessel. 1 figures.},
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place = {United States},
year = {1993},
month = {11}
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