Pressurized water reactor
AssigneeCommissariat a l'Energie Atomique
InventorsJean Ailloud, Marcel Monteil
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Abstract
The primary coolant fluid is circulated within at least one primary loop between a steam generator and a pressure vessel. Within the steam generator, the primary fluid flows through a tube bundle and exchanges heat with a secondary fluid which is admitted in the form of water and discharged in the form of steam. After expansion within turbines and recovery in a condenser, the steam is then returned into the generator. The primary fluid circulating pumps are each driven by a turbine which is fed with steam taken directly from the steam generator or from the main outlet duct of the generator. The essential objective of the invention is to dispense with the use of an electric motor for driving each primary fluid circulating pump.
Claims4
A pressurized water reactor comprising:
- a primary fluid circuit, at least one circulating pump for circulating primary fluid within at least one primary loop of said primary circuit, said primary circuit including a steam generator, a pressure vessel which contains a reactor core, and a bundle of tubes in said steam generator, a secondary fluid circuit containing fluid which enters the steam generator in a liquid state and is discharged therefrom in the form of steam which is returned into the generator after expansion within main turbines and recovery in a condenser, said primary circuit including a driving turbine supplied with steam taken from the steam generator, and fluid circulating pumps each driven by said driving turbine, a feed tank of a water supply unit, an auxiliary turbine, a storage tank and a pump drivingly connected to said auxiliary turbine, each main turbine having an outlet connected to said feed tank by means of conduit means provided with isolating valves and by means of bypass conduit means, for permitting a flow of steam for driving said auxiliary turbine in the event of closure of said isolating valves, and means for injecting high-pressure emergency water into said primary circuit from said storage tank by means of said pump.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.