Emergency heat exchanger for cooling the primary fluid of a nuclear reactor, and a process for assembling this heat exchanger
US4786463A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 25, 1985 |
| Grant date | Nov 22, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 25, 2005 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF28D2021/0054
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A liquid metal cooled pool type nuclear reactor incorporates an emergency heat exchanger having a novel geometry. The heat exchanger comprises circular and annular tube plates coaxially aligned. The tube bundle has a vertical straight part connected to the central tube plate, a bent horizontal circular portion extending over one-third of the heat exchanger's circumference for returning the bundle, and a vertical straight return part joining the peripheral tube plate.
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