Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method, system, and apparatus for the thermal storage of nuclear reactor generated energy
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Application No.: US12660157Application Date: 2010-02-19
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Publication No.: US09761337B2Publication Date: 2017-09-12
- Inventor: Roderick A. Hyde , Muriel Y. Ishikawa , Clarence T. Tegreene , Joshua C. Walter , Lowell L. Wood, Jr. , Victoria Y. H. Wood
- Applicant: Roderick A. Hyde , Muriel Y. Ishikawa , Clarence T. Tegreene , Joshua C. Walter , Lowell L. Wood, Jr. , Victoria Y. H. Wood
- Applicant Address: US WA Bellevue
- Assignee: TerraPower, LLC
- Current Assignee: TerraPower, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Bellevue
- Main IPC: G21C9/00
- IPC: G21C9/00 ; G21D3/00 ; G21D1/00 ; G21D3/06 ; G21D9/00
Abstract:
A method, system, and apparatus for the thermal storage of nuclear reactor generated energy including diverting a selected portion of energy from a portion of a nuclear reactor system to an auxiliary thermal reservoir and, responsive to a shutdown event, supplying a portion of the diverted selected portion of energy to an energy conversion system of the nuclear reactor system.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110200156A1 Method, system, and apparatus for the thermal storage of nuclear reactor generated energy Public/Granted day:2011-08-18
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