Cooling water distribution system

Title: Cooling water distribution system

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A passive containment cooling system for a nuclear reactor containment vessel. Disclosed is a cooling water distribution system for introducing cooling water by gravity uniformly over the outer surface of a steel containment vessel using an interconnected series of radial guide elements, a plurality of circumferential collector elements and collector boxes to collect and feed the cooling water into distribution channels extending along the curved surface of the steel containment vessel. The cooling water is uniformly distributed over the curved surface by a plurality of weirs in the distribution channels.

Inventors:

Orr, Richard ^[1]

Pittsburgh, PA

Issue Date:: 1994-01-01

Research Org.:: Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)

OSTI Identifier:: 869176

Patent Number(s):: 5291533

Assignee:: Westinghouse Electric Corp. (Pittsburgh, PA)

DOE Contract Number:: AC03-90SF18495

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: cooling; water; distribution; passive; containment; nuclear; reactor; vessel; disclosed; introducing; gravity; uniformly; outer; surface; steel; interconnected; series; radial; guide; elements; plurality; circumferential; collector; boxes; collect; feed; channels; extending; curved; distributed; weirs; uniformly distribute; curved surface; steel containment; reactor containment; cooling water; containment vessel; nuclear reactor; outer surface; uniformly distributed; containment cooling; passive containment; water distribution; channels extending; guide elements; gravity uniformly; introducing cooling; /376/239/

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