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AssigneeGE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC
InventorsSean T. Mosier, Mark D. Sumner, Harold C. Lowe, Samuel T. Kratt
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Systems enhance stand pipe alignment and security with braces docking to the stand pipes. A link connects pairs of braces so the braces and stand pipes docked thereby cannot move relative to each other when fully secured. Partially securing braces allows adjustment of the braces and distance between the same and thus stand pipe position. Fully securing the braces makes the entire system rigid without need for a tie bar. Braces and links can be installed and secured to the stand pipes and among each other at an axial position from above the stand pipes, so that overhead, simple tooling may be used. A crimp nut or other resilient connector may be used to secure the systems from that single dimension with simple tooling. Any number of braces, joining to any number of other braces, may be used in the system, and several systems may be used at various levels.
A system for supplementing a coolant separator assembly having a first stand pipe and a second stand pipe for receiving and separating liquid and vapor coolant flow, the system comprising:
A system for supplementing a coolant separator assembly having a plurality of stand pipes for receiving and separating liquid and vapor coolant flow, wherein the system comprises:
A method of supplementing a coolant separator assembly having a first stand pipe and a second stand pipe for receiving and separating liquid and vapor coolant flow, the method comprising:
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