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    DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR REMOVING HEAT FROM A NUCLEAR REACTOR CORE
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    发明申请
    DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR REMOVING HEAT FROM A NUCLEAR REACTOR CORE 有权

    公开(公告)号：US20220139581A1

    公开(公告)日：2022-05-05

    申请号：US17084440

    申请日：2020-10-29

    Applicant: Westinghouse Electric Company LLC

    Inventor： Abdul R. DULLOO ,  Alex LEVINSKY ,  Richard F. WRIGHT

    IPC: G21C15/257 ,  F28D15/04

    Abstract: A heat pipe configured to remove heat from a nuclear reactor core is disclosed herein. The heat pipe can include an inner housing defining an inner volume configured to accommodate a heat source and an outer housing configured about the inner housing and the heat source. A wick can be positioned between at least a portion of the inner housing and at least a portion of the outer housing, wherein the wick can include a capillary material, and wherein the wick can define an intermediate volume between the inner housing and the outer housing. A working fluid can be positioned within the intermediate volume, wherein the working fluid can evaporate at a first end of the heat pipe and condense at a second end of the heat pipe adjacent to a heat exchanger, and wherein the wick can return condensed working fluid to the first end of the heat pipe.

    DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR ADJUSTING THE OUTPUT OF A REACTOR CORE
    2.
    发明申请
    DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR ADJUSTING THE OUTPUT OF A REACTOR CORE 有权

    公开(公告)号：US20220139579A1

    公开(公告)日：2022-05-05

    申请号：US17084365

    申请日：2020-10-29

    Applicant: Westinghouse Electric Company LLC

    Inventor： Yuriy ALESHIN ,  Alex LEVINSKY

    IPC: G21C7/103 ,  G21C7/36 ,  G21C15/257

    Abstract: An adjustable core assembly for a nuclear reactor is disclosed herein. The adjustable core can include a plurality of reactivity control cells configured to accommodate a reactivity control rod, and a plurality of unit cells. The plurality of unit cells defines a radial dimension corresponding to an initial power output of the core. Each unit cell of the plurality of unit cells is configured to accommodate fuel configured to generate energy and a heat pipe configured to transfer thermal energy away from the core. Each unit cell of the plurality unit cells can be coupled to an adjacent unit cell in a radial direction, thereby altering the radial dimension, wherein the altered radial dimension corresponds to an adjusted power output of the core, and wherein the adjusted power output of the core is different than the initial power output of the core.

    DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR CONFIGURING THE LAYOUT OF UNIT CELL OF A REACTOR CORE
    4.
    发明申请
    DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR CONFIGURING THE LAYOUT OF UNIT CELL OF A REACTOR CORE 有权

    公开(公告)号：US20220139582A1

    公开(公告)日：2022-05-05

    申请号：US17084403

    申请日：2020-10-29

    Applicant: Westinghouse Electric Company LLC

    Inventor： Alex LEVINSKY ,  Yuriy ALESHIN ,  Alexander W. HARKNESS

    IPC: G21C19/20 ,  G21D3/00 ,  G21D3/04

    Abstract: A configurable unit cell of a core of a nuclear reactor is disclosed herein. The configurable unit cell includes a core block material and a plurality of interchangeable components configured to affect a performance parameter of the core of the nuclear reactor. The configurable unit cell further includes a plurality of channels defined within the core block material. Each channel of the plurality of channels is configured to engage an interchangeable component of the plurality of interchangeable components in an operating configuration. Each channel of the plurality of channels is separated from an adjacent channel of the plurality of channels by a predetermined pitch.

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