General Electric Company

Daniel Verne Sommerville

David Galbally

Daniel Charles Pappone

Matthew Christopher O'Connor

John Joseph Lynch

Teddy Earl McDowell

Jeffrey H Sanders

Hardayal Mehta

Venkat Arunachalam Ramani

Leslie Wellstein

A system and method for predicting acoustic loads expected on a boiling water reactor (BWR) may include a BWR scale model, a test fixture for generating air flow in the scale model, and one or measurement devices for monitoring system behavior to predict how acoustic loads may affect plant operation for the BWR being evaluated.

System and method for testing the steam system of a boiling water reactor

A method of predicting stresses on a BWR steam dryer that includes creating an analytical acoustic model of a BWR steam system; generating pressure estimations by inputting empirical data into the analytical acoustic model of the BWR steam system; creating an analytical structural model of the BWR steam dryer; and predicting stresses on the BWR steam dryer using the analytical structural model and the pressure estimations.

Method for predicting stresses on a steam system of a boiling water reactor

A device is provided for mitigating vibration in a component of a nuclear reactor by removing vibration energy. To reduce vibration in the component, a device operatively connected to the component and including a magnet may be actuated within a conductive cylinder. This actuation may generate one or more eddy currents providing a damping function for removing vibration energy from the component, so as to alter vibration characteristics of the component.

Method and apparatus for mitigating vibration in a nuclear reactor component

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Daniel Verne Sommerville