Invention Grant
US09171647B2 Spacer grid for nuclear fuel assembly for reducing flow-induced vibration
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用于核燃料组件的间隔栅格,用于减少流动引起的振动
- Patent Title: Spacer grid for nuclear fuel assembly for reducing flow-induced vibration
- Patent Title (中): 用于核燃料组件的间隔栅格,用于减少流动引起的振动
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Application No.: US13648312Application Date: 2012-10-10
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Publication No.: US09171647B2Publication Date: 2015-10-27
- Inventor: Joo Young Ryu , Jung Min Suh , Sang Youn Jeon , Kyong Bo Eom , Joon Kyoo Park , Dong Geun Ha , Jin Sun Kim , Seong Soo Kim , Oh Joon Kwon
- Applicant: KEPCO NUCLEAR FUEL CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: KR Daejeon
- Assignee: KEPCO NUCLEAR FUEL CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: KEPCO NUCLEAR FUEL CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Daejeon
- Agency: Rabin & Berdo, P.C.
- Priority: KR10-2012-0085973 20120806
- Main IPC: G21C3/34
- IPC: G21C3/34 ; G21C3/356 ; G21C3/322

Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a spacer grid for a nuclear fuel assembly. The spacer grid has dimples for supporting fuel rods and is formed from grid strips which are assembled in a lattice shape to form lattice cells. Each grid strip has at least one hole which is formed separately from the dimples. Therefore, when coolant is drawn into the fuel assembly, a pressure difference between opposite sides of the holes is reduced, and friction generated between cut edges of the holes and the coolant reduces the magnitude of the vibration and causes a damping effect, thus reducing flow-induced vibration. The hole formed in the grid strip function to widen the range of the frequency of the flow-induced vibration caused by vortex sheddings formed around the edges of the grid strip, thus reducing the possibility of the generation of resonance with the natural frequency of the spacer grid.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140037040A1 SPACER GRID FOR NUCLEAR FUEL ASSEMBLY FOR REDUCING FLOW-INDUCED VIBRATION Public/Granted day:2014-02-06
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