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Title: Reactor pressure vessel nozzle

Abstract

A nozzle for joining a pool of water to a nuclear reactor pressure vessel includes a tubular body having a proximal end joinable to the pressure vessel and a distal end joinable in flow communication with the pool. The body includes a flow passage therethrough having in serial flow communication a first port at the distal end, a throat spaced axially from the first port, a conical channel extending axially from the throat, and a second port at the proximal end which is joinable in flow communication with the pressure vessel. The inner diameter of the flow passage decreases from the first port to the throat and then increases along the conical channel to the second port. In this way, the conical channel acts as a diverging channel or diffuser in the forward flow direction from the first port to the second port for recovering pressure due to the flow restriction provided by the throat. In the backflow direction from the second port to the first port, the conical channel is a converging channel and with the abrupt increase in flow area from the throat to the first port collectively increase resistance to flow therethrough. 2 figs.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
General Electric Co., Boston, MA (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
6834291
Patent Number(s):
5353320
Application Number:
PPN: US 8-043068
Assignee:
General Electric Co., San Jose, CA (United States)
DOE Contract Number:  
AC03-90SF18494
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 5 Apr 1993
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; NOZZLES; DESIGN; PRESSURE VESSELS; REACTORS; FLOW RATE; FLUID FLOW; CONTAINERS; 220200* - Nuclear Reactor Technology- Components & Accessories

Citation Formats

Challberg, R C, and Upton, H A. Reactor pressure vessel nozzle. United States: N. p., 1994. Web.
Challberg, R C, & Upton, H A. Reactor pressure vessel nozzle. United States.
Challberg, R C, and Upton, H A. Tue . "Reactor pressure vessel nozzle". United States.
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year = {Tue Oct 04 00:00:00 EDT 1994},
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