Simulated nuclear reactor fuel assembly
Abstract
An apparatus for electrically simulating a nuclear reactor fuel assembly. It includes a heater assembly having a top end and a bottom end and a plurality of concentric heater tubes having electrical circuitry connected to a power source, and radially spaced from each other. An outer target tube and an inner target tube is concentric with the heater tubes and with each other, and the outer target tube surrounds and is radially spaced from the heater tubes. The inner target tube is surrounded by and radially spaced from the heater tubes and outer target tube. The top of the assembly is generally open to allow for the electrical power connection to the heater tubes, and the bottom of the assembly includes means for completing the electrical circuitry in the heater tubes to provide electrical resistance heating to simulate the power profile in a nuclear reactor. The embedded conductor elements in each heater tube is split into two halves for a substantial portion of its length and provided with electrical isolation such that each half of the conductor is joined at one end and is not joined at the other end.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 6220766
- Patent Number(s):
- 5200144
- Application Number:
- PPN: US 7-864717
- Assignee:
- Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC07-76ID01570
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 22 Jun 1992
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; FUEL ASSEMBLIES; SIMULATORS; DESIGN; ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; HEATERS; POWER DISTRIBUTION; POWER SUPPLIES; REACTORS; RESISTANCE HEATING; TUBES; ANALOG SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT; FUNCTIONAL MODELS; HEATING; 220300* - Nuclear Reactor Technology- Fuel Elements
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Berta, V T. Simulated nuclear reactor fuel assembly. United States: N. p., 1993.
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title = {Simulated nuclear reactor fuel assembly},
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abstractNote = {An apparatus for electrically simulating a nuclear reactor fuel assembly. It includes a heater assembly having a top end and a bottom end and a plurality of concentric heater tubes having electrical circuitry connected to a power source, and radially spaced from each other. An outer target tube and an inner target tube is concentric with the heater tubes and with each other, and the outer target tube surrounds and is radially spaced from the heater tubes. The inner target tube is surrounded by and radially spaced from the heater tubes and outer target tube. The top of the assembly is generally open to allow for the electrical power connection to the heater tubes, and the bottom of the assembly includes means for completing the electrical circuitry in the heater tubes to provide electrical resistance heating to simulate the power profile in a nuclear reactor. The embedded conductor elements in each heater tube is split into two halves for a substantial portion of its length and provided with electrical isolation such that each half of the conductor is joined at one end and is not joined at the other end.},
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year = {Tue Apr 06 00:00:00 EDT 1993},
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