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公开(公告)号：US10658086B2
公开(公告)日：2020-05-19
申请号：US15069302
申请日：2016-03-14
发明人： Jason B. Ingraham , Gerald Dean Kvaall, Jr. , Paul E. Cantonwine , Michael W. Thomas , William C. Cline
摘要： Fuel assemblies include an outer channel having a physical configuration optimized for a position of the fuel assembly within a core of a nuclear reactor. The position of the fuel assembly with respect to an employed control blade in the nuclear reactor determines if the outer channel may be thickened, reinforced, and/or fabricated of Zircaloy-4 or similar distortion-resistant material, so as to reduce or prevent distortion of the channel against the control blade, or thinned so as to increase water volume and enhance reactivity in the assembly. Reactor cores having configured fuel assemblies include fuel assemblies having different outer channels. Methods include determining operational characteristics of the fuel assembly, including likelihood of being placed directly adjacent to an employed control blade, and physically selecting or modifying the outer channel of the fuel assembly based thereon.
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公开(公告)号：US20180254110A1
公开(公告)日：2018-09-06
申请号：US15911536
申请日：2018-03-05
发明人： Kevin L. Ledford , Yuk-Chiu Lau , David W. White , Yang-Pi Lin , Paul E. Cantonwine , Nicholas R. Gullette , Timothy W. Clark
摘要： Nuclear reactor components are treated with thermal methods to increase wear resistance. Example treatments include thermal treatments using particulate or powderized materials to form a coating. Methods can use cold spray, with low heat and high velocities to blast particles on the surface. The particles impact and mechanically deform, forming an interlocking coating with the surface and each other without melting or chemically reacting. Materials in the particles and resultant coatings include metallic alloys, ceramics, and/or metal oxides. Nuclear reactor components useable with methods of increased wear resistance include nuclear fuel rods and assemblies containing the same. Coatings may be formed on any desired surface, including fuel rod positions where spacer contact and fretting is most likely.
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3.发明授权公开(公告)号：US11887741B2
公开(公告)日：2024-01-30
申请号：US17577680
申请日：2022-01-18
发明人： Jason B Ingraham , Gerald D. Kvaall, Jr. , Paul E. Cantonwine , Michael W. Thomas , William C. Cline
摘要： The fuel assembly includes at least one fuel rod and an outer channel with four sidewalls surrounding the fuel rod, the outer channel having a configuration based on a position of the fuel assembly within a core of the nuclear reactor, wherein at least a first select sidewall, of the four sidewalls of the outer channel, is a reinforced sidewall, the remaining sidewalls of the outer channel, other than the at least a first select sidewall, are non-reinforced sidewalls, the at least a first select sidewall being in a controlled location that faces and is directly adjacent to a control blade that is to be utilized in the nuclear reactor, wherein an entirety of the reinforced sidewall as a whole is at least one of thicker and made from a material that is more resistant to radiation-induced deformation as compared to an entirety of the non-reinforced sidewalls.
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公开(公告)号：US20170178755A9
公开(公告)日：2017-06-22
申请号：US13786438
申请日：2013-03-05
发明人： Kevin L. Ledford , Yuk-Chiu Lau , David W. White , Yang-Pi Lin , Paul E. Cantonwine , Nicholas R. Gullette , Timothy W. Clark
IPC分类号： G21C3/07
CPC分类号： G21C3/07 , C23C24/04 , G21C21/02 , G21Y2002/101 , G21Y2004/20 , Y02E30/40
摘要： Nuclear reactor components are treated with thermal methods to increase wear resistance. Example treatments include thermal treatments using particulate or powderized materials to form a coating. Methods can use cold spray, with low heat and high velocities to blast particles on the surface. The particles impact and mechanically deform, forming an interlocking coating with the surface and each other without melting or chemically reacting. Materials in the particles and resultant coatings include metallic alloys, ceramics, and/or metal oxides. Nuclear reactor components usable with methods of increased wear resistance include nuclear fuel rods and assemblies containing the same. Coatings may be formed on any desired surface, including fuel rod positions where spacer contact and fretting is most likely.
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公开(公告)号：US09564249B2
公开(公告)日：2017-02-07
申请号：US13786446
申请日：2013-03-05
发明人： Paul E. Cantonwine
摘要： Fuel spacers include a perimeter piece and alignment strips extending within the perimeter piece. Alignment strips may have directional variation while still extending in an overall straight line between two contact points on the perimeter piece. Two alignment strips, by their relative positioning and shape, create distinct openings for fuel rods, through which rods may pass and be supported by the spacer on all sides. Alignment strips can be parallel or skew but need not physically intersect or extend at overall right angles to form such surrounding and supporting openings. Shape may be variable, such as a waveform, zig-zag, or saw-tooth. Several layers of alignment strips at any desired angle are useable in spacers, and alignment strips may be varied in length, shape, and number to account for different fuel assembly sizes and features, such as water rods.
摘要翻译： 燃料间隔件包括周边件和在周边件内延伸的对准条。 对准条可以具有方向性变化，同时在周边片上的两个接触点之间的整个直线上延伸。 两个对准条通过它们的相对定位和形状为燃料棒产生不同的开口，棒可以通过该开口，并且在所有侧面上被间隔件支撑。 对准条可以平行或倾斜，但不需要物理相交或者以整体直角延伸，以形成这种周围和支撑的开口。 形状可能是可变的，如波形，曲折或锯齿。 在隔离件中可以使用几层任何所需角度的对准条，并且对准条可以在长度，形状和数量上变化，以解决不同的燃料组件尺寸和特征，例如水杆。
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公开(公告)号：US20140254740A1
公开(公告)日：2014-09-11
申请号：US13786438
申请日：2013-03-05
发明人： Kevin L. Ledford , Yuk-Chiu Lau , David W. White , Yang-Pi Lin , Paul E. Cantonwine , Nicholas R. Gullette , Timothy W. Clark
IPC分类号： G21C3/07
CPC分类号： G21C3/07 , C23C24/04 , G21C21/02 , G21Y2002/101 , G21Y2004/20 , Y02E30/40
摘要： Nuclear reactor components are treated with thermal methods to increase wear resistance. Example treatments include thermal treatments using particulate or powderized materials to form a coating. Methods can use cold spray, with low heat and high velocities to blast particles on the surface. The particles impact and mechanically deform, forming an interlocking coating with the surface and each other without melting or chemically reacting. Materials in the particles and resultant coatings include metallic alloys, ceramics, and/or metal oxides. Nuclear reactor components usable with methods of increased wear resistance include nuclear fuel rods and assemblies containing the same. Coatings may be formed on any desired surface, including fuel rod positions where spacer contact and fretting is most likely.
摘要翻译： 用热法处理核反应堆组件以增加耐磨性。 实例处理包括使用颗粒或粉末化材料形成涂层的热处理。 方法可以使用冷喷雾，低热量和高速喷射表面上的颗粒。 颗粒撞击并机械变形，与表面和彼此形成互锁涂层而不熔化或化学反应。 颗粒和所得涂层中的材料包括金属合金，陶瓷和/或金属氧化物。 可用于具有增加的耐磨性的方法的核反应堆组件包括核燃料棒和包含该燃料棒的组件。 涂层可以形成在任何所需的表面上，包括燃料棒位置，其中垫片接触和微动是最有可能的。
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公开(公告)号：US11244768B2
公开(公告)日：2022-02-08
申请号：US16850128
申请日：2020-04-16
发明人： Jason B. Ingraham , Gerald D. Kvaall, Jr. , Paul E. Cantonwine , Michael W. Thomas , William C. Cline
摘要： The method includes assessing operational characteristics of the fuel assembly, the assessing including determining if the fuel assembly is to be placed in a controlled location in the reactor core, a controlled location being positioned adjacent to a control blade that is to be utilized, and configuring the sidewalls of the outer channel by making at least a first select sidewall of the outer channel a reinforced sidewall, the remaining sidewalls of the outer channel, other than the at least a first select sidewall, being non-reinforced sidewalls. The entirety of the reinforced sidewall as a whole is at least one of thicker and made from a material that is more resistant to radiation-induced deformation as compared to an entirety of the non-reinforced sidewalls.
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公开(公告)号：US10957456B2
公开(公告)日：2021-03-23
申请号：US15911536
申请日：2018-03-05
发明人： Kevin L. Ledford , Yuk-Chiu Lau , David W. White , Yang-Pi Lin , Paul E. Cantonwine , Nicholas R. Gullette , Timothy W. Clark
摘要： Nuclear reactor components are treated with thermal methods to increase wear resistance. Example treatments include thermal treatments using particulate or powderized materials to form a coating. Methods can use cold spray, with low heat and high velocities to blast particles on the surface. The particles impact and mechanically deform, forming an interlocking coating with the surface and each other without melting or chemically reacting. Materials in the particles and resultant coatings include metallic alloys, ceramics, and/or metal oxides. Nuclear reactor components useable with methods of increased wear resistance include nuclear fuel rods and assemblies containing the same. Coatings may be formed on any desired surface, including fuel rod positions where spacer contact and fretting is most likely.
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公开(公告)号：US09911511B2
公开(公告)日：2018-03-06
申请号：US13786438
申请日：2013-03-05
发明人： Kevin L. Ledford , Yuk-Chiu Lau , David W. White , Yang-Pi Lin , Paul E. Cantonwine , Nicholas R. Gullette , Timothy W. Clark
CPC分类号： G21C3/07 , C23C24/04 , G21C21/02 , G21Y2002/101 , G21Y2004/20 , Y02E30/40
摘要： Nuclear reactor components are treated with thermal methods to increase wear resistance. Example treatments include thermal treatments using particulate or powderized materials to form a coating. Methods can use cold spray, with low heat and high velocities to blast particles on the surface. The particles impact and mechanically deform, forming an interlocking coating with the surface and each other without melting or chemically reacting. Materials in the particles and resultant coatings include metallic alloys, ceramics, and/or metal oxides. Nuclear reactor components usable with methods of increased wear resistance include nuclear fuel rods and assemblies containing the same. Coatings may be formed on any desired surface, including fuel rod positions where spacer contact and fretting is most likely.
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公开(公告)号：US20140254741A1
公开(公告)日：2014-09-11
申请号：US13786446
申请日：2013-03-05
发明人： Paul E. Cantonwine
IPC分类号： G21C3/348
摘要： Fuel spacers include a perimeter piece and alignment strips extending within the perimeter piece. Alignment strips may have directional variation while still extending in an overall straight line between two contact points on the perimeter piece. Two alignment strips, by their relative positioning and shape, create distinct openings for fuel rods, through which rods may pass and be supported by the spacer on all sides. Alignment strips can be parallel or skew but need not physically intersect or extend at overall right angles to form such surrounding and supporting openings. Shape may be variable, such as a waveform, zig-zag, or saw-tooth. Several layers of alignment strips at any desired angle are useable in spacers, and alignment strips may be varied in length, shape, and number to account for different fuel assembly sizes and features, such as water rods.
摘要翻译： 燃料间隔件包括周边件和在周边件内延伸的对准条。 对准条可以具有方向性变化，同时在周边片上的两个接触点之间的整个直线上延伸。 两个对准条通过它们的相对定位和形状为燃料棒产生不同的开口，棒可以通过该开口，并且在所有侧面上被间隔件支撑。 对准条可以平行或倾斜，但不需要物理相交或者以整体直角延伸，以形成这种周围和支撑的开口。 形状可能是可变的，如波形，曲折或锯齿。 在隔离件中可以使用几层任何所需角度的对准条，并且对准条可以在长度，形状和数量上变化，以解决不同的燃料组件尺寸和特征，例如水杆。
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