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US 2013/0156143 A1Published application
Emergency core cooling system (eccs) for nuclear reactor employing closed heat transfer pathways
OwnerBilly E. Binghaminventor
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Abstract
A containment structure contains an interior volume, and a nuclear reactor is disposed in the interior volume. An ultimate heat sink pool is disposed outside of the containment structure. A condenser includes a plurality of closed-path heat pipes or closed-path thermosiphons having first ends and opposite second ends. The closed-path heat pipes or closed-path thermosiphons are embedded in the containment structure with the first ends protruding into the interior volume and the second ends protruding outside of the containment structure.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a nuclear reactor including a pressure vessel and a nuclear reactor core contained in the pressure vessel;
- a containment structure containing the nuclear reactor;
- an ultimate heat sink pool disposed outside of the containment structure;
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- a condenser including a plurality of closed-path heat pipes or closed-path thermosiphons having first ends and opposite second ends;
- wherein the closed-path heat pipes or thermosiphons are embedded in the containment structure with the first ends contained inside the containment structure and the second ends disposed outside of the containment structure;
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- wherein the second ends are in thermal communication with the ultimate heat sink pool.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a condenser including:
- a plurality of closed-path heat pipes or closed-path thermosiphons having first ends and opposite second ends, and
- a plenum chamber containing the first ends, the plenum chamber having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet.
An apparatus comprising:
- a containment structure containing an interior volume;
- a nuclear reactor disposed in the interior volume;
- an ultimate heat sink pool disposed outside of the containment structure;
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- a condenser including a plurality of closed-path heat pipes or closed-path thermosiphons having first ends and opposite second ends;
- wherein the closed-path heat pipes or closed-path thermosiphons are embedded in the containment structure with the first ends protruding into the interior volume and the second ends protruding outside of the containment structure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.