Westinghouse Electric Company LLC

Westinghouse Electric Corporation

Eric R Haberman

Phillip J Hawkins

David W Selfridge, Jr

Jerod J Rudish

David A Snyder

James W Everett

Robert F Keating

John D Nee

David W Selfridge

A moveable sludge lance said moveable sludge lance having duel lance heads passed through handholes in the side of a nuclear steam generator and into a central tube lane having a central stay rod which cleans with high pressure fluid through the rowtubes in the tube lane, where the distance between the dual lance heads is wide enough to allow the dual lance heads to extend beyond the central stay rod.

Steam generator dual head sludge lance

A moveable sludge lance () said moveable sludge lance having duel lance heads () passed through handholes () in the side of a nuclear steam generator and into a central tube lane () having a central stay rod () which cleans with high pressure fluid through the row 1 tubes () in the tube lane, where the distance () between the dual lance heads () is wide enough to allow the dual lance heads to extend beyond the central stay rod ().

A miniature sludge lance for a steam generator in a pressurized water nuclear reactor is provided. The sludge lance is structured to enter the steam generator via an inspection opening and has a body sufficiently thin to fit between adjacent tubes. The sludge lance rail has at least two types of nozzle assemblies that may be attached thereto. One nozzle assembly rotates and another nozzle assembly translates in a vertical direction. A drive assembly, a mounting assembly, an oscillation assembly, and flow straighteners are also provided.

Minature sludge lance apparatus

Miniature sludge lance apparatus

A method of cleaning sludge from the tube sheet () of a nuclear steam generator () includes introducing a moveable sludge lance () said moveable sludge lance having duel lance heads () through handholes () in the side of the generator and into a central tube lane () having a central stay rod () and sludge lancing with high pressure fluid through the rowtubes () in the tube lane, where the distance () between the dual lance heads () is wide enough to allow the dual lance heads to extend beyond the central stay rod ().

Steam generator dual head sludge lance and process lancing system

Tube plug and method for plugging a heat exchanger tube having an inner wall, which tube plug has a reduced susceptibility to stress corrosion cracking. The tube plug includes a shell having a closed end, an open end and an outer wall, the shell defining a chamber therein in communication with the open end of the shell. Disposed in the chamber is an expander member for expanding the outer wall of the shell into sealing engagement with the inner wall of the tube. A sealing member engages the expander member and is disposed across the open end of the shell for sealing the chamber defined by the shell so that fluid can not enter the chamber to corrosively attack the shell.

Tube plug having a flange sealing a chamber for plugging a tubular member

A plugging device, such as a tube plug, and method for plugging a tubular member, such as a nuclear steam generator tube, comprises a locking cup for securing together the plurality of members comprising the tube plug. The plugging device may comprise a first member, such as a shell of a tube plug, a second member, such as bolt means of a tube plug and an annular locking cup disposed in a bore of the first member and having outside diameter threads. The outside diameter threads of the locking cup have a deformed portion with a wave-like pattern for providing resistance during threading and unthreading of the locking cup into and out of the first member. At least one of the second member and the locking cup has at least one recess for receiving a deformable portion of the other of the second member and the locking cup for securing the first member, the second member, and the locking cup together. The metal-to-metal abutment of an outside diameter surface of the locking cup and a plug face of the shell and the metal-to-metal abutment of a taper of the bolt means and a taper of the locking cup may seal a chamber within the shell to prevent fluid flow through the tube plug.

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White Oak, PA, United States of America

Eric R Haberman