Steam generating assembly for use in the interior of apressure vessel of a pressurized water nuclear reactor
Abstract
Abstract STEAM GENERATING ASSEMBLY FOR USE WITHIN A PRESSURE VESSEL OF A PRESSURIZED WATER REACTOR INCLUDES PRIMARY FLUID CHANNELS EXTENDING VERTICALLY THROUGH AND ABOVE THE REACTOR CORE AND FORMED THERABOVE WITH LATERAL OUTLETS. HEAT EXCHANGER MODULES SUSPENDED FROM THE TOP OF THE PRESSURE VESSEL ABOVE THE CORE AND BETWEEN THE CHANNELS COMPRISE AN UPPER AND LOWER COLLECTION CHAMBER AND STRAIGHT SECONDARY FLUID CONVEYING ELEMENTS CONNECTED THEREBETWEEN AND HAVING HEAT TRANSFER SURFACES DIRECTLY EXPOSED TO THE INTERIOR OF THE THE PRESSURE VESSEL FOR ENGAGEMENT BY A FLOW OF HEATED PRIMARY FLUID IN A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL DIRECTION FROM THE LATERAL OUTLETS OF THE PRIMARY FLUID CHANNELS.
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- 👤 Hermann Kumpf
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