Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Piping enhancement for backflow prevention in a multiple loop, metal cooled nuclear reactor system
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Application No.: US16507659Application Date: 2019-07-10
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Publication No.: US11978565B2Publication Date: 2024-05-07
- Inventor: Eric Paul Loewen , Seth Ryan Paul Strege , Nicholas Francis O′Neill , Colin Christopher O′Connor , Chelsea Ann Curtin , Edwin Wu
- Applicant: GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC
- 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.
- The original application number of the division: US14960511 2015.12.07
- Main IPC: G21C15/247
- IPC: G21C15/247 ; F15D1/02 ; F16K15/00 ; F16K15/02 ; F16K99/00 ; B33Y80/00 ; F04B17/00 ; F04B17/04
Abstract:
A sodium-cooled nuclear reactor includes at least one electromagnetic pump assembly and a backflow reduction pipe. The backflow reduction pipe may include an inlet, an outlet, at least one tubular section having a first length and a first diameter, and at least one fluid diode section between the inlet and the outlet.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190333652A1 PIPING ENHANCEMENT FOR BACKFLOW PREVENTION IN A MULTIPLE LOOP, METAL COOLED NUCLEAR REACTOR SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2019-10-31
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