公开(公告)号：US11148181B2

公开(公告)日：2021-10-19

申请号：US16660024

申请日：2019-10-22

申请人： Veolia Nuclear Solutions, Inc.

发明人： Brett Campbell ,  Craig Shearer ,  Kevin Finucane ,  Steve Woosley ,  Eric Dysland

IPC分类号： H05B7/12 ,  B09B3/00 ,  C03B5/027 ,  F27D99/00 ,  F27D11/10 ,  F27D21/00 ,  C03B5/00 ,  F27B3/08 ,  F27D21/02

摘要： A sealing system for isolating the environment inside a vitrification container from the outside environment comprises a vitrification container with a lid. The lid comprises two or more electrode seal assemblies through which two or more electrodes may be operatively positioned and extend down through the lid into the vitrification container. The electrodes may move axially up and down through the electrode seal assemblies or lock into place. The electrode seal assemblies each comprise a housing having two halves with recessed ring grooves. Sealing rings with a split may be placed into the grooves. Gas galleries may be machined or cast into the housing such that they are adjacent to the ring grooves. The gas galleries distribute gas onto the external faces of the sealing rings causing a change in pressure resulting in the sealing rings compressing onto the electrodes and forming a seal.

公开(公告)号：US20210394243A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-23

申请号：US17447014

申请日：2021-09-07

申请人： Veolia Nuclear Solutions, Inc.

发明人： Brett Campbell ,  Craig Shearer ,  Kevin Finucane ,  Steve Woosley ,  Eric Dysland

IPC分类号： B09B3/00 ,  H05B7/12 ,  C03B5/027 ,  F27D99/00 ,  F27D11/10 ,  F27D21/00 ,  C03B5/00 ,  F27B3/08

摘要： A sealing system for isolating the environment inside a vitrification container from the outside environment comprises a vitrification container with a lid. The lid comprises two or more electrode seal assemblies through which two or more electrodes may be operatively positioned and extend down through the lid into the vitrification container. The electrodes may move axially up and down through the electrode seal assemblies or lock into place. The electrode seal assemblies each comprise a housing having two halves with recessed ring grooves. Sealing rings with a split may be placed into the grooves. Gas galleries may be machined or cast into the housing such that they are adjacent to the ring grooves. The gas galleries distribute gas onto the external faces of the sealing rings causing a change in pressure resulting in the sealing rings compressing onto the electrodes and forming a seal.

公开(公告)号：US12076765B2

公开(公告)日：2024-09-03

申请号：US17447014

申请日：2021-09-07

申请人： Veolia Nuclear Solutions, Inc.

发明人： Brett Campbell ,  Craig Shearer ,  Kevin Finucane ,  Steve Woosley ,  Eric Dysland

IPC分类号： B09B3/00 ,  B09B3/20 ,  B09B3/40 ,  C03B5/00 ,  C03B5/027 ,  F27B3/08 ,  F27D11/10 ,  F27D21/00 ,  F27D99/00 ,  H05B7/12 ,  F27D21/02

CPC分类号： B09B3/20 ,  B09B3/00 ,  B09B3/40 ,  C03B5/005 ,  C03B5/027 ,  F27B3/085 ,  F27D11/10 ,  F27D21/0014 ,  F27D99/0073 ,  H05B7/12 ,  F27D2021/026

摘要： A sealing system for isolating the environment inside a vitrification container from the outside environment comprises a vitrification container with a lid. The lid comprises two or more electrode seal assemblies through which two or more electrodes may be operatively positioned and extend down through the lid into the vitrification container. The electrodes may move axially up and down through the electrode seal assemblies or lock into place. The electrode seal assemblies each comprise a housing having two halves with recessed ring grooves. Sealing rings with a split may be placed into the grooves. Gas galleries may be machined or cast into the housing such that they are adjacent to the ring grooves. The gas galleries distribute gas onto the external faces of the sealing rings causing a change in pressure resulting in the sealing rings compressing onto the electrodes and forming a seal.

公开(公告)号：US10770193B2

公开(公告)日：2020-09-08

申请号：US16407002

申请日：2019-05-08

申请人： Veolia Nuclear Solutions, Inc.

发明人： Brett Campbell ,  David Dalton ,  Brett Lilly

IPC分类号： G21F5/06 ,  G21F5/005

摘要： Disclosed herein are systems and methods for a modular reconfigurable shielding system for one or more storage containers in temporary or long term storage. The system comprises shield panels which may be used to shield external faces of containers in a storage configuration to reduce the overall amount of shielding required in a storage facility. Reducing the amount of shielding reduces the storage footprint of each container thus increasing storage capacity and efficiency of the storage facility. The modularity of the shield panels allows storage containers to be easily added and removed from the storage configuration. Additionally, modular shielding allows the amount and type of shielding to be easily reconfigured for differing requirements and storage contents.