Cooling water distribution system

Patent · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1994

OSTI ID:869176

Orr, Richard ^[1]

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1. Pittsburgh, PA

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.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-90SF18495
• Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp. (Pittsburgh, PA)
• Patent Number(s): US 5291533
• OSTI ID: 869176
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

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
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