Apparatus and method for servicing an elongated suspended pump motor in an electric power plant with limited access
Abstract
Elongated coolant pumps suspended under steam generators within containment in a power plant with limited access space, are removed and replaced by an elongated maintenance cart with an elongated opening along one side in which the motor is received. Rollers support the cart for conveying the elongated motor in an upright position out from under the steam generator and onto an elevator. The elevator is lowered to transfer support of the cart and motor through trunnions to saddles straddling the elevator for rotation of the cart to a generally horizontal position. The elevator then raises the horizontally disposed cart carrying the motor to a higher floor where it is rolled off the elevator and out through the auxiliary equipment hatch.
- Inventors:
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- Monroeville, PA
- Delmont, PA
- Baldwin Boro, PA
- Plum Boro both of Allegheny County, PA
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 869266
- Patent Number(s):
- 5307386
- 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:
- apparatus; method; servicing; elongated; suspended; pump; motor; electric; power; plant; limited; access; coolant; pumps; steam; generators; containment; space; removed; replaced; maintenance; cart; received; rollers; support; conveying; upright; position; generator; elevator; lowered; transfer; trunnions; saddles; straddling; rotation; horizontal; raises; horizontally; disposed; carrying; floor; rolled; auxiliary; equipment; hatch; steam generators; auxiliary equipment; electric power; steam generator; power plant; horizontal position; horizontally disposed; pump motor; coolant pump; coolant pumps; upright position; limited access; /376/
Citation Formats
Chavez, Rossemary V, Ekeroth, Douglas E, Johnson, F Thomas, and Matusz, John M. Apparatus and method for servicing an elongated suspended pump motor in an electric power plant with limited access. United States: N. p., 1994.
Web.
Chavez, Rossemary V, Ekeroth, Douglas E, Johnson, F Thomas, & Matusz, John M. Apparatus and method for servicing an elongated suspended pump motor in an electric power plant with limited access. United States.
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@article{osti_869266,
title = {Apparatus and method for servicing an elongated suspended pump motor in an electric power plant with limited access},
author = {Chavez, Rossemary V and Ekeroth, Douglas E and Johnson, F Thomas and Matusz, John M},
abstractNote = {Elongated coolant pumps suspended under steam generators within containment in a power plant with limited access space, are removed and replaced by an elongated maintenance cart with an elongated opening along one side in which the motor is received. Rollers support the cart for conveying the elongated motor in an upright position out from under the steam generator and onto an elevator. The elevator is lowered to transfer support of the cart and motor through trunnions to saddles straddling the elevator for rotation of the cart to a generally horizontal position. The elevator then raises the horizontally disposed cart carrying the motor to a higher floor where it is rolled off the elevator and out through the auxiliary equipment hatch.},
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