Assemblies and methods for mitigating effects of reactor pressure vessel
expansion
    1.
    发明授权
    Assemblies and methods for mitigating effects of reactor pressure vessel expansion 失效
    用于减轻反应堆压力容器膨胀的影响的组件和方法

    公开(公告)号:US5930320A

    公开(公告)日:1999-07-27

    申请号:US14216

    申请日:1998-01-27

    IPC分类号: G21C13/02 G21C9/00

    CPC分类号: G21C13/02 Y02E30/40

    摘要: Support assemblies for allowing RPV radial expansion while simultaneously limiting horizontal, vertical, and azimuthal movement of the RPV within a nuclear reactor are described. In one embodiment, the support assembly includes a support block and a guide block. The support block includes a first portion and a second portion, and the first portion is rigidly coupled to the RPV adjacent the first portion. The guide block is rigidly coupled to a reactor pressure vessel support structure and includes a channel sized to receive the second portion of the support block. The second portion of the support block is positioned in the guide block channel to movably couple the guide block to the support block.

    摘要翻译: 描述了允许RPV径向膨胀同时限制核反应堆内的RPV的水平,垂直和方位运动的支撑组件。 在一个实施例中,支撑组件包括支撑块和引导块。 支撑块包括第一部分和第二部分,并且第一部分刚性地联接到邻近第一部分的RPV。 引导块刚性地联接到反应堆压力容器支撑结构,并且包括尺寸适于接收支撑块的第二部分的通道。 支撑块的第二部分定位在引导块通道中,以将引导块可移动地联接到支撑块。

    Joint for interfacing steel head closure and prestressed concrete
reactor vessel
    2.
    发明授权
    Joint for interfacing steel head closure and prestressed concrete reactor vessel 失效
    接头钢接头和预应力混凝土反应堆

    公开(公告)号:US5754612A

    公开(公告)日:1998-05-19

    申请号:US632038

    申请日:1996-04-12

    摘要: A joint for interfacing a steel head closure and a steel-lined prestressed concrete reactor vessel (PCRV). The steel head closure is bolted to a thick steel annular plate and a thermal barrier is arranged in a volume bounded by the head ring, the liner and the concrete of the PCRV wall. The thermal barrier is made of zirconia sand or other material having a low thermal conductivity, a high bulk modulus equal to that of concrete, and a low shear modulus. Differential thermal expansion of the vessel head closure and PCRV is accommodated by a flexible connection of the PCRV liner to the inner periphery of the head ring. In the alternative, the steel head closure is interfaced to the top of the PCRV via a sliding joint or a thermal stress relief ring. In accordance with a further alternative, thermal stresses in the steel vessel head closure are mitigated by reducing the temperature of the head closure by installing thermal insulation on all internal surfaces thereof.

    摘要翻译: 用于连接钢头盖和钢衬预应力混凝土反应堆容器(PCRV)的接头。 钢头盖被螺栓连接到厚钢环形板,并且热障碍物布置在由头环,衬管和PCRV壁的混凝土界定的体积中。 热障是由氧化锆砂或其他具有低导热性,高体积模量等于混凝土的材料和低剪切模量的材料制成的。 通过PCRV衬套与头环的内周边的柔性连接来容纳血管封闭物和PCRV的差异热膨胀。 在替代方案中,钢头盖通过滑动接头或热应力释放环与PCRV的顶部接合。 根据另一替代方案,通过在其所有内表面上安装热绝缘来降低头部封闭件的温度来减轻钢容器头部封闭件中的热应力。

    Nuclear reactor heat pipe
    3.
    发明授权
    Nuclear reactor heat pipe 失效
    核反应堆热管

    公开(公告)号:US5684848A

    公开(公告)日:1997-11-04

    申请号:US643802

    申请日:1996-05-06

    IPC分类号: G21C1/00 G21C15/00 G21C15/12

    摘要: A nuclear reactor including a heat pipe for transferring heat from the reactor pressure vessel to a steam supply vessel is described. More particularly, in one embodiment, the heat pipe includes an evaporator section positioned in the reactor vessel, a condenser section positioned in the steam supply vessel, and an adiabatic section extending between and in flow communication with the evaporator section and the condenser section. The adiabatic section of the heat pipe includes a substantially cylindrical outer sleeve and a substantially cylindrical inner sleeve. An annulus region is formed between the inner and outer sleeves and the annulus region is in flow communication with the steam supply vessel. An insulating layer covers an inner wall of the outer sleeve. A substantially annular wick member is positioned adjacent an inner wall of the inner sleeve, and a steam path is defined by an inner face of the wick member.

    摘要翻译: 描述了包括用于将热量从反应堆压力容器传递到蒸汽供应容器的热管的核反应堆。 更具体地,在一个实施例中,热管包括位于反应器容器中的蒸发器部分,位于蒸汽供应容器中的冷凝器部分,以及在蒸发器部分和冷凝器部分之间延伸并与其流动连通的绝热部分。 热管的绝热部分包括基本上圆柱形的外套筒和基本上圆柱形的内套筒。 在内套筒和外套筒之间形成环形区域,环形区域与蒸汽供应容器流动连通。 绝缘层覆盖外套筒的内壁。 基本上环形的芯部件邻近内套筒的内壁定位,并且蒸汽通道由芯部件的内表面限定。

    Seismic isolators
    4.
    发明授权
    Seismic isolators 有权
    地震隔离器

    公开(公告)号:US6160864A

    公开(公告)日:2000-12-12

    申请号:US264227

    申请日:1999-03-05

    摘要: A seismic load suppressing system for a nuclear reactor that reduces the seismic input to the reactor and the internal components of the reactor including the fuel is described. The seismic load suppressing system includes, in one embodiment, a plurality of seismic isolators positioned circumferentially between the reactor pedestal and a lower pedestal and a plurality of displacement limiters coupled to a lower pedestal skirt and positioned adjacent the reactor pedestal. The seismic isolators include a plurality of alternating layers of a resilient material and steel plates bonded together. Each displacement limiter includes a cantilever beam. The beam includes a beam core and two steel plates laminated on opposing outer surfaces of the beam core. The steel plates are fabricated from carbon steel having a lower yield strength than the beam core.

    摘要翻译: 描述了用于核反应堆的地震负荷抑制系统,其降低了对反应堆的地震输入和包括燃料的反应堆的内部部件。 在一个实施例中,地震负载抑制系统包括位于反应器基座和下基座之间周向的多个地震隔离器和耦合到下基座裙部并且邻近反应器基座定位的多个位移限制器。 地震隔离器包括多个交替层的弹性材料和钢板结合在一起。 每个位移限制器都包括一个悬臂梁。 梁包括梁芯和层压在梁芯的相对的外表面上的两个钢板。 钢板由具有比梁芯低的屈服强度的碳钢制成。

    Corium protection assembly
    5.
    发明授权
    Corium protection assembly 失效
    Corium保护组件

    公开(公告)号:US5307390A

    公开(公告)日:1994-04-26

    申请号:US981978

    申请日:1992-11-25

    IPC分类号: G21C9/016

    CPC分类号: G21C9/016 Y02E30/40

    摘要: A corium protection assembly includes a perforated base grid disposed below a pressure vessel containing a nuclear reactor core and spaced vertically above a containment vessel floor to define a sump therebetween. A plurality of layers of protective blocks are disposed on the grid for protecting the containment vessel floor from the corium.

    摘要翻译: 核保护组件包括布置在包含核反应堆芯的压力容器下方的穿孔底座网格,并且在容纳容器底板的上方垂直间隔开,以在其间限定一个集水槽。 多个保护块层设置在栅格上,用于保护容纳容器地板免受腐蚀。

    Modified large natural circulation reactor
    6.
    发明授权
    Modified large natural circulation reactor 失效
    改性大型自然循环反应器

    公开(公告)号:US06757351B1

    公开(公告)日:2004-06-29

    申请号:US09232897

    申请日:1999-01-15

    IPC分类号: G21C13093

    摘要: The present invention, in one form, is a natural circulation reactor having, in one embodiment, a layer of high aluminate cement concrete disposed between an uninsulated steel liner and a prestressed concrete reactor vessel. The prestressed concrete reactor vessel includes a concrete shell having a cavity therein. The steel liner is positioned in the cavity and spaced from the concrete shell so that an insulating chamber is formed between the steel liner and the concrete shell. The insulating chamber is filled with high aluminate cement concrete which is configured to substantially insulate the concrete shell from the steel liner and to transfer loads such as pressure from the liner to the concrete shell.

    摘要翻译: 在一种形式中,本发明是一种天然循环反应器,在一个实施方案中,其具有设置在未绝缘钢衬套和预应力混凝土反应器容器之间的高铝酸盐水泥混凝土层。 预应力混凝土反应堆容器包括其中具有空腔的混凝土壳体。 钢衬套位于空腔中并与混凝土外壳隔开,从而在钢衬套和混凝土外壳之间形成绝缘室。 绝缘室中填充有高铝酸盐水泥混凝土,其被配置为使混凝土壳体与钢衬套基本上绝缘,并将诸如压力的负载从衬套传递到混凝土壳体。

    Containment heat removal system
    8.
    发明授权
    Containment heat removal system 失效
    集装式散热系统

    公开(公告)号:US5106571A

    公开(公告)日:1992-04-21

    申请号:US325729

    申请日:1989-03-20

    IPC分类号: G21C9/004 G21C15/18

    摘要: A gravity driven cooling system pool is disposed at an elevated location with respect to the locations of nuclear fuel rods in a pressure vessel. In the event of a loss of coolant in the pressure vessel, steam pressure is initially reduced by venting the steam into the containment or a closed suppression pool containing a quantity of water under a large air space. The suppression pool condenses sufficient steam to lower the steam pressure in the pressure vessel so that water can flow by gravity from gravity driven cooling system pool to flood the fuel rods in the pressure vessel. An isolation condenser is submerged in a large supply of water elevated with respect to pressure vessel. Steam is admitted to the isolation condenser, or heat exchanger, where it is cooled by boiling the water surrounding it. This steam is vented to the atmosphere. A depressurization valve vents steam fro the pressure vessel into the containment to aid pressure reduction, and thus to aid the gravity flow of coolant. Later, as the pressure in the pressure vessel is reduced by heat removal in the isolation condenser, steam in the containment is permitted to flow from the containment, and into the depressurization valve and thence to the isolation condenser, or heat exchanger.

    Core catcher cooling
    10.
    发明授权
    Core catcher cooling 失效
    核心捕手冷却

    公开(公告)号:US07558360B1

    公开(公告)日:2009-07-07

    申请号:US10749869

    申请日:2003-12-31

    IPC分类号: G21C9/00

    CPC分类号: G21C9/016 Y02E30/40

    摘要: An assembly includes a base grid configured to be disposed below a pressure vessel and spaced vertically above a floor of a containment vessel to define a sump therebetween. The assembly further includes an annular wall extending vertically upwards from the floor and laterally bounding the base grid and the sump. The wall separates the sump from a suppression pool, an inlet passage extending through the wall and providing flow communication between the sump and the suppression pool, and an outlet passage extending through the wall and providing flow communication between the sump and the suppression pool.

    摘要翻译: 一种组件包括基座格栅,其被配置为设置在压力容器的下方并垂直地位于容纳容器的地板上方,以在它们之间限定一个贮槽。 组件还包括从地板垂直向上延伸的环形壁,并且横向地限定基座和贮槽。 所述墙将贮槽与抑制池分隔开,所述入口通道延伸穿过所述壁并提供所述贮槽和所述抑制池之间的流动连通,以及延伸穿过所述壁并且提供所述贮槽和所述抑制池之间的流动连通的出口通道。