Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Startup/shutdown hydrogen injection system for boiling water reactors (BWRS), and method thereof
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Application No.: US13724474Application Date: 2012-12-21
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Publication No.: US10229761B2Publication Date: 2019-03-12
- Inventor: John Whittaker , Angelo Gonzaga , Paul Shu , Luong Tran
- Applicant: John Whittaker , Angelo Gonzaga , Paul Shu , Luong Tran
- Applicant Address: US NC Wilmington
- Assignee: GE-HITACHI NUCLEAR ENERGY AMERICAS LLC
- Current Assignee: GE-HITACHI NUCLEAR ENERGY AMERICAS LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Wilmington
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Main IPC: G21C9/00
- IPC: G21C9/00 ; G21C19/303 ; G21C19/40

Abstract:
A system and a method for injecting hydrogen into Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) reactor support systems in operation during reactor startup and/or shutdown to mitigate Inter-Granular Stress Corrosion Cracking (IGSCC). The system may provide hydrogen at variable pressures (including relatively higher pressures) that match changing operating pressures of the reactor supports systems as the reactor cycles through startup and shutdown modes.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140177777A1 STARTUP/SHUTDOWN HYDROGEN INJECTION SYSTEM FOR BOILING WATER REACTORS (BWRS), AND METHOD THEREOF Public/Granted day:2014-06-26
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