Patent · US Expired

Circulating pumps of a liquid metal, generally sodium, ensuring the cooling of the core of a fast neutron reactor

US4219385A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 5, 1978
Grant dateAug 26, 1980
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Expiry dateJun 5, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF04D7/065
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A circulating pump, particularly for the liquid cooling metal of the core of a fast neutron reactor, comprising a non-removable assembly permanently disposed in the vessel containing the liquid metal, constituted by a suction channel, a diffuser and at least one delivery pipe, wherein the non-removable assembly is suspended on a supporting structure which is immobilized relative to the core.

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