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US 12,227,849 B2Granted
Copper-fouling-resistant stator water cooling (SWC) system and method
AssigneeConstellation Energy Generation, LLC
InventorAndrew Delano Odell
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Abstract
Described herein is a stator water cooling (SWC) system in an electrical power generator with improved resistance to copper fouling, more specifically, to a component of the SWC system, such as a strainer, having an anti-fouling metallic material on the surface of the component. Also described herein is a method of reducing copper fouling in a SWC system that comprises applying an anti-fouling metallic material to the surface of a SWC system component.
Claims8
A method of reducing copper fouling in a stator water cooling (SWC) system, the method comprising:
- a) identifying a component of the SWC system that is susceptible to fouling by a copper oxide, the component of the SWC system being a strainer comprising stainless steel;
- and b) applying an anti-fouling metallic material comprising Monel, Brass, Cupronickel, or a combination thereof, to the surface of the component identified in step (a), thereby reducing copper fouling of the component.
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