Device for converting a liquid into vapour
AssigneeCommissariat A L'energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives
InventorsAndré Chatroux, Pascal Giroud, Georges Gousseau
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Abstract
A liquid-to-vapor conversion device includes a chamber having an opening connected to a liquid intake, a pressure relief opening, and a vapor outlet. The device also includes a flow controller arranged at the level of the liquid intake, and a burst disk installed at the level of the pressure relief opening. Further, the device includes pressure-limiting means arranged at the level of the liquid intake. The pressure-limiting means is configured to decrease the flow rate in the liquid intake when the pressure in the liquid intake exceeds a threshold value smaller than a bursting pressure of the burst disk.
Claims9
A device for converting a liquid into vapor, comprising:
- a chamber provided with an opening connected to a liquid intake, with a pressure relief opening, and with a vapor outlet,
- a flow controller arranged at the level of the liquid intake and configured to control the liquid flow in the liquid intake, and
- a first pressure-limiting means comprising a burst disk installed at the level of the pressure relief opening,
- wherein the device also comprises a second pressure-limiting means arranged at the level of the liquid intake including said flow controller and a pressure sensor, said second pressure-limiting means being configured to decrease the flow rate in the liquid intake when the pressure in the liquid intake exceeds a first threshold value smaller than a bursting pressure of the burst disk, the flow controller being configured to stop the liquid flow injected into the liquid intake when a pressure measured by the pressure sensor exceeds said first threshold value.
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