Cooling water distribution system
Abstract
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:
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- Pittsburgh, PA
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 869176
- Patent Number(s):
- 5291533
- Assignee:
- Westinghouse Electric Corp. (Pittsburgh, PA)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21C - NUCLEAR REACTORS
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
- 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/
Citation Formats
Orr, Richard. Cooling water distribution system. United States: N. p., 1994.
Web.
Orr, Richard. Cooling water distribution system. United States.
Orr, Richard. Sat .
"Cooling water distribution system". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/869176.
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title = {Cooling water distribution system},
author = {Orr, Richard},
abstractNote = {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.},
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place = {United States},
year = {1994},
month = {1}
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