DOPPLER REACTIVITY AUGMENTATION DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:EP3186811B1

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-26

    申请号:EP15771314.0

    申请日:2015-08-28

    申请人: TerraPower LLC

    摘要: A fast neutron nuclear reactor contains a nuclear reactor core having an array of device locations. Some device locations in the nuclear reactor core contain fissile and fertile nuclear fuel assembly devices. One or more other device locations in the nuclear reactor core contain Doppler reactivity augmentation devices that amplify the negativity of the Doppler reactivity coefficient within the nuclear reactor core. In some implementations, a Doppler reactivity augmentation device can also reduce the coolant temperature coefficient within the nuclear reactor core. Accordingly, a Doppler reactivity augmentation device contributes to a more stable nuclear reactor core.

    NUCLEAR POWERED STEAM EXPANSION ENGINE AND A NUCLEAR POWERED GENERATOR WITH METHOD OF OPERATION
    6.
    发明公开
    NUCLEAR POWERED STEAM EXPANSION ENGINE AND A NUCLEAR POWERED GENERATOR WITH METHOD OF OPERATION 审中-公开
    VON KERNENERGIE BETRIEBENE EXPANSIONS DAMPFMACHINE,KERNENERGIEGENERATOR UND DESSEN BETRIEBSVERFAHREN

    公开(公告)号:EP1074024A4

    公开(公告)日:2001-07-25

    申请号:EP99917304

    申请日:1999-03-05

    申请人: FILIPPONE CLAUDIO

    发明人: FILIPPONE CLAUDIO

    摘要: A nuclear power generator having a nuclear fuel assembly which is periodically adjacent first to a first nuclear reactor containing fresh nuclear fuel where the fuel assembly achieves a supercritical state, and then adjacent to a second nuclear reactor containing spent nuclear fuel where delayed neutrons resulting from the supercritical state of the fuel assembly cause a supercritical state in the spent fuel thereby releasing heat. A nuclear powered steam expansion engine capable of converting nuclear energy to mechanical work by periodically bringing into proximity two nuclear fuel assemblies within a piston and cylinder assembly, thus making the fuel assemblies successively supercritical and subcritical in cyclical fashion, with associated cyclical heating, periodically injecting water into the resultant heated cylinder, which water is converted to steam which expands, drives the piston, and produces mechanical work, recycling the expanded steam by adding additional heat during an exhaust stroke, and using the recycled steam to drive a turbine system.

    摘要翻译: 一种具有核燃料组件的核能发电机,该核燃料组件首先周期性地邻近含有新鲜核燃料的第一核反应堆,其中燃料组件达到超临界状态,然后邻近含有废核燃料的第二核反应堆,其中由该核燃料组件产生的延迟中子 燃料组件的超临界状态在废燃料中引起超临界状态,从而释放热量。 一种核动力蒸汽膨胀发动机,能够通过周期性地接近活塞和汽缸组件内的两个核燃料组件而使核能转化为机械功,从而使得燃料组件在循环方式下连续超临界和亚临界,伴随着相关的循环加热, 将水转化为膨胀的蒸汽,驱动活塞并产生机械功,通过在排气冲程期间增加额外的热量来循环膨胀的蒸汽,并且使用回收的蒸汽来驱动涡轮机系统。

    NUCLEAR POWERED STEAM EXPANSION ENGINE AND A NUCLEAR POWERED GENERATOR WITH METHOD OF OPERATION
    7.
    发明公开
    NUCLEAR POWERED STEAM EXPANSION ENGINE AND A NUCLEAR POWERED GENERATOR WITH METHOD OF OPERATION 审中-公开
    核动力蒸汽膨胀机,核能发电机及其工作程序

    公开(公告)号:EP1074024A1

    公开(公告)日:2001-02-07

    申请号:EP99917304.0

    申请日:1999-03-05

    摘要: A nuclear power generator having a nuclear fuel assembly which is periodically adjacent first to a first nuclear reactor containing fresh nuclear fuel where the fuel assembly achieves a supercritical state, and then adjacent to a second nuclear reactor containing spent nuclear fuel where delayed neutrons resulting from the supercritical state of the fuel assembly cause a supercritical state in the spent fuel thereby releasing heat. A nuclear powered steam expansion engine capable of converting nuclear energy to mechanical work by periodically bringing into proximity two nuclear fuel assemblies within a piston and cylinder assembly, thus making the fuel assemblies successively supercritical and subcritical in cyclical fashion, with associated cyclical heating, periodically injecting water into the resultant heated cylinder, which water is converted to steam which expands, drives the piston, and produces mechanical work, recycling the expanded steam by adding additional heat during an exhaust stroke, and using the recycled steam to drive a turbine system.