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Protection system for a nuclear reactor

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专利汇可以提供Protection system for a nuclear reactor专利检索,专利查询,专利分析的服务。并且A protection system for a nuclear reactor which prevents reactor power excursions when conditions arise causing rapid cooldown of the reactor coolant, as when a steam break occurs in the supply line to a steam generator-turbine steam circuit, or under other conditions requiring rapid insertion of boric acid into the reactor. A pump having its inlet connected to the reactor primary coolant loop discharges into, or takes suction from, a tank containing a 12% boric acid or other neutron absorbing solution, and forces the solution into the remaining legs of the reactor primary cooling loop. Valves on both sides of the tank keep the tank isolated from the reactor when not in use. As abnormal conditions arise causing loss of coolant temperature, temperature or pressure responsive elements in the main or secondary coolant loops sense the change and provide a signal which causes the tank valves to open and the pumps then force boric acid from the tank directly into the reactor core or into a cold leg pipe which discharges into the core. Boron in the boric acid solution furnishes the desired degree of negative reactivity to prevent or turn around reactor power excursions. To preclude leakage to or from the boric acid tank when not in use, an equalizer line connected across the tank eliminates any pressure drops thereacross.,下面是Protection system for a nuclear reactor专利的具体信息内容。

1. A REACTOR COOLANT COOLDOWN PROTECTION SYSTEM FOR A NUCLEAR REACTOR POWER PLANT WHICH INCLUDES A REACTOR VESSEL HAVING MULTIPLE PRIMARY COOLANT LOOPS, EACH LOOP CONTAINING PIPING CONNECTING A PUMP AND STEAM GENERATOR WITH THE REACTOR VESSEL FOR CIRCULATING COOLANT FROM THE REACTOR VESSEL THROUGH THE STEAM GENERATOR, AND A SECONDARY LOOP FOR EACH OF SAID PRIMARY LOOPS, EACH SECONDARY LOOP INCLUDING PIPING CONNECTING A SECONDARY SIDE OF ONE OF SAID STEAM GENERATORS WITH A TURBINE, CONDENSER AND A PUMP, SAID PROTECTION SYSTEM COMPRISING: A TANK HAVING A NEUTRON ABSORBER THEREIN LOCATED ADJACENT SAID REACTOR VESSEL; MEANS CONNECTING THE TANK INLET TO AT LEAST ONE OF SAID PRIMARY COOLANT LOOPS, AND THE OUTLET TO AT LEAST ONE OF THE REMAINING PRIMARY LOOPS; ISOLATION VALVES RESPECTIVELY CONNECTED ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID TANK FOR SELECTIVELY ISOLATING SAID TANK; AND EQUALIZING MEANS CONNECTED ACROSS SAID TANK INLET AND OUTLET FOR ACCOMMODATING ANY PRESSURE DROP ACROSS SAID TANK TO THEREBY PRECLUDE THE INTRODUCTION OF LIQUID OF DIFFERENT CHEMISTRY INTO SAID TANK OR THE DISCHARGE OF NEUTRON ABSORBER THEREFROM INTO ONE OF SAID LOOPS IN THE EVENT OF VALVE LEAKAGE; WHEREBY AS ABNORMAL CONDITIONS ARISE REQUIRING THE INJECTION OF NEUTRON ABSORBER INTO THE REACTOR VESSEL, THE ISOLATION VALVE ARE OPENED AND PRIMARY COOLANT FROM THE REACTOR IS PUMPED BY A PRIMARY COOLANT PUMP INTO THE TANK TO FORCE THE NEUTRON ABSORBER THEREIN DIRECTLY INTO AT LEAST ONE OF SAID REMAINING REACTOR PRIMARY LOOPS AND THEREBY PROVIDE NEGATIVE REACTIVITY TO SAID REACTOR.
2. The system according to claim 1 wherein a neutron absorber storage vessel is connected across said tank to maintain the tank in a full condition and accommodate neutron absorber volume changes; and heating means in said tank to maintain the neutron absorber therein at a predetermined temperature.
3. The system according to claim 1 wherein auxiliary pumps are connected between said primary coolant loop and the tank inlet and/or the tank outlet; and bypass means connected across said auxiliary pumps to assure delivery of said coolant to the neutron absorber tank in the event the auxiliary pumps are not used.
4. The system according to claim 1 wherein auxiliary pumps are connected between the outlet of said tank and at least one of said remaining primary loops.
5. The system according to claim 1 wherein said tank contains coolant distribution means located inwardly of said tank inlet for providing a wall of liquid in the tank which uniformly forces the neutron absorber therein through said outlet; and heater means on said tank for maintaining the neutron absorber at a predetermined temperature.
6. The system according to claim 5 wherein said coolant distribution means comprises a plate in said tank mounted inwardly of said inlet; and perforations in said plate which distribute coolant flowing from the inlet uniformly over the tank cross-section to provide a wall of liquid which forces the neutron absorber in said tank through said outlet.
7. The system according to claim 1 wherein said tank comprises a casing; a nozzle mounted therein inwardly of the inlet; said nozzle having radial and axial directed openings therein which cause coolant to flow from the inlet through said openings in radial and axial directions into said tank; a plate mounted in said tank above said nozzle; axial openings in said plate through which coolant from the nozzle flows to form a wall effective in forcing the neutron absorber in the tank through said outlet.
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