Passive containment cooling water distribution device
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 a series of radial guide elements and cascading weir boxes to collect and then distribute the cooling water into a series of distribution areas through a plurality of cascading weirs. The cooling water is then uniformly distributed over the curved surface by a plurality of weir notches in the face plate of the weir box.
- Inventors:
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- Hookstown, PA
- Plum Borough, PA
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 869485
- Patent Number(s):
- 5345482
- Assignee:
- Westinghouse Electric Corporation (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:
- passive; containment; cooling; water; distribution; device; nuclear; reactor; vessel; disclosed; introducing; gravity; uniformly; outer; surface; steel; series; radial; guide; elements; cascading; weir; boxes; collect; distribute; plurality; weirs; distributed; curved; notches; plate; box; uniformly distribute; curved surface; steel containment; reactor containment; cooling water; containment vessel; nuclear reactor; outer surface; uniformly distributed; containment cooling; passive containment; water distribution; guide elements; gravity uniformly; introducing cooling; /376/239/
Citation Formats
Conway, Lawrence E, and Fanto, Susan V. Passive containment cooling water distribution device. United States: N. p., 1994.
Web.
Conway, Lawrence E, & Fanto, Susan V. Passive containment cooling water distribution device. United States.
Conway, Lawrence E, and Fanto, Susan V. Sat .
"Passive containment cooling water distribution device". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/869485.
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title = {Passive containment cooling water distribution device},
author = {Conway, Lawrence E and Fanto, Susan V},
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 a series of radial guide elements and cascading weir boxes to collect and then distribute the cooling water into a series of distribution areas through a plurality of cascading weirs. The cooling water is then uniformly distributed over the curved surface by a plurality of weir notches in the face plate of the weir box.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1994},
month = {Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1994}
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