Hitachi, Ltd.

Takeshi Suzumura

Motoaki Utamura

Tetsuo Sasada

Takashi Ikeguchi

Shigehisa Sugita

Shinichi Hoizumi

Seiichi Kirikami

Toshihiko Sasaki

Yasushi Takeda

Hideaki Komatsu

Shozo Saito

To improve the thermal efficiency when an exhaust heat recovery type combined cycle plant having a gas turbine and a steam turbine in combination is operated at a partial load, the gas turbine exhaust is recirculated and returned to the compressor, and the combustion temperature is prevented from being lowered at the partial load. Preferably, the temperature is maintained constant. In this way, the thermal efficiency during operation at partial load can be improved.

Gas turbine exhaust recirculation method and apparatus

Exhaust recirculation type combined plant

A method and an apparatus for detecting failure of nuclear fuel by means of a multi-handle automatic sipper, which comprises a shipper capping operation of mounting a sipper cap of the apparatus for detecting failure of nuclear fuel on the top part of fuel assemblies, an isolation operation of supplying air into the cap after completion of sipper capping operation, thereby forming an air layer, and isolating the fuel assemblies to be detected from other fuel assemblies, a soaking operation of keeping the fuel assemblies in the isolated state for a predetermined period of time, a cell water removal operation of discharging water from system, and a sampling operation of introducing a predetermined amount of cooling water in the fuel assemblies to a sample water receptacle, the operations being provided in sequence, and other operations being carried out in parallel with the aforementioned operations.

Method and apparatus for detecting failure of nuclear fuel

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Ibaraki, Japan

Takeshi Suzumura