Device for stabilizing the tubes of the bundle of a steam generator having anti-vibration bars
AssigneeFramatome
InventorBernard Monnier
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Abstract
Arranged on the hemispherical dome forming the upper part of the bundle of the steam generator is a structure consisting of bows (16) in the form of a portion of a ring and connecting hoops (18). The anti-vibration bars (15) introduced between two layers of adjacent tubes (5) of the bundle are connected, at their outer end, to brackets (17) fastened to the bows (16) in a perpendicular direction. Some anti-vibration bars are fastened to the hoops (18). The anti-vibration bars are screw-fastened to the brackets (17) or the hoops (18). The stabilizing device can also include a comb-shaped anti-flyoff yoke which can be introduced under the tubes placed in the upper part of the dome and then rotated through 90.degree. in order to be fastened to a bow (16).
Claims5
Device for stabilizing tubes of a bundle of a steam generator, comprising anti-vibration bars between curved parts of said tubes bent in a form of a U, said tubes having two straight legs set at ends thereof in a tube plate, said curved parts of said tubes having radii of curvature different from one another and being located adjacent to one another to form a substantially hemispherical dome, and being separated by anti-vibration bars which are each arranged in substantially radial directions between said curved parts of said tubes in a mutually adjacent position, and bows in the form of a portion of a ring surrounding an outer surface of said dome and arranged in planes all passing through a same diameter of said dome and connected by hoops perpendicular to said bows, said device further comprising a plurality of fastening brackets fixed to each said bow perpendicularly relative to said bow and relative to said anti-vibration bars which are each fastened, at an outer end thereof, to one of a bracket and a hoop my mechanical screwing means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.