Electricity and steam generation from a helium-cooled nuclear reactor
US8064566B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 14, 2008 |
| Grant date | Nov 22, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 21, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E30/00
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a method comprising heating helium in a core of a nuclear reactor; extracting heat from the helium; superheating water to steam using the heat extracted from the helium, expanding the helium in a turbine; wherein the turbine is in operative communication with an electrical generator; and generating electricity in the electrical generator.
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