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Internal steam separation, pumping and flow path in boiling water reactors

Assignee: Combustion Engineering Inc
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Filing: 1964-12-30
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Granted: 1967-09-19
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Expires: 1984-12-30
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Fred M Stern

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-01 22:04
CPC Classifications
G; G21; G21C; G21C15/00; G21C15/24; G21C15/243; G21C1/00; G21C1/04; G21C1/06; G21C1/08; G21C15/16; Y; Y02; Y02E; Y02E30/00; Y02E30/30

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 139 words
A BOILING WATER REACTOR ORGANIZATION COMPRISING: A REACTOR CORE; MEANS FOR PASSING WATER THROUGH THE CORE AND EVAPORATING AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE WATER; A ROTATABLY MOUNTED STEAM WATER SEPARATOR HAVING A CONFIGURATION SUCH THAT FLUID DISCHARGING THERETHROUGH IS CENTRIFUGALLY DISCHARGED WITH THE RESULTANT TANGENTIAL FORCE BEING EXERTED ON THE SEPARATOR BY THE DISCHARGING FLUID; SAID SEPARATOR MOUNTED SO AS TO RECEIVE THE EFFLUENT FROM THE CORE; MEANS RESISTING THE ROTATION OF THE SEPARATOR WHICH ARE A FUNCTION OF THE RATE OF ROTATION OF THE SEPARATOR, WHEREBY WHEN A HIGH QUANTITY OF EFFLUENT IS PASSING THROUGH THE SEPARATOR IT ROTATES RAPIDLY THEREFORE EFFECTIVELY IMPARTING A RELATIVELY LOW CENTRIFUGAL ACTION TO THE EFFLLUENT, WHILE WHEN A LOW QUANTITY OF EFFLUENT IS PASSING THROUGH THE SEPARATOR IT ROTATES RELATIVELY SLOWLY IMPARTING A HIGH CENTRIFUGAL ACTION TO THE EFFLUENT PASSING THERETHROUGH.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 139 words
A BOILING WATER REACTOR ORGANIZATION COMPRISING: A REACTOR CORE; MEANS FOR PASSING WATER THROUGH THE CORE AND EVAPORATING AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE WATER; A ROTATABLY MOUNTED STEAM WATER SEPARATOR HAVING A CONFIGURATION SUCH THAT FLUID DISCHARGING THERETHROUGH IS CENTRIFUGALLY DISCHARGED WITH THE RESULTANT TANGENTIAL FORCE BEING EXERTED ON THE SEPARATOR BY THE DISCHARGING FLUID; SAID SEPARATOR MOUNTED SO AS TO RECEIVE THE EFFLUENT FROM THE CORE; MEANS RESISTING THE ROTATION OF THE SEPARATOR WHICH ARE A FUNCTION OF THE RATE OF ROTATION OF THE SEPARATOR, WHEREBY WHEN A HIGH QUANTITY OF EFFLUENT IS PASSING THROUGH THE SEPARATOR IT ROTATES RAPIDLY THEREFORE EFFECTIVELY IMPARTING A RELATIVELY LOW CENTRIFUGAL ACTION TO THE EFFLLUENT, WHILE WHEN A LOW QUANTITY OF EFFLUENT IS PASSING THROUGH THE SEPARATOR IT ROTATES RELATIVELY SLOWLY IMPARTING A HIGH CENTRIFUGAL ACTION TO THE EFFLUENT PASSING THERETHROUGH.

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