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US 2026/0118068 A1Published application
Passive Thermal Energy Transport and Energy Conversion Methods for SLIMM Small Modular Reactor
AssigneeUNM Rainforest Innovations
InventorsMohamed S. El-Genk, Timothy Schriener
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Abstract
A system and method for a Scalable Liquid Metal cooled small Modular (SLIMM) reactor wherein the reactor vessel in the upper plenum is conductively coupled to the evaporator sections of the liquid metal heat pipes laid on the outside of the vessel wall.
Claims20
A liquid metal reactor cooled by natural circulation for generating electrical power comprising:
- a reactor vessel having a wall;
- a plurality of heat pipes;
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- said plurality of heat pipes are conductively coupled to said reactor vessel wall to partially remove heat generated by said reactor.
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A method of operating a reactor cooled by natural circulation of in-vessel liquid sodium comprising the steps of:
- providing a plurality of heat pipes, said plurality of heat pipes are conductively coupled to a vessel wall of said reactor to partially remove heat generated by said reactor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.