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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2017
Bwxt Nuclear Energy, Inc., Lynchburg, VA (US);
Benjamin D. Fisher, Lynchburg, VA (US);
BWXT Nuclear Energy, Inc., Lynchburg, VA (US);
Abstract
A sludge lancing system for use in a steam generator including a no tube lane disposed between a first bank of tubes and a second bank of tubes that are transverse to a horizontal reference plane, having a rail that extends through the no tube lane and includes a longitudinal center axis that lies in a first plane that is parallel to the reference plane, and a first lancing head, having a body portion a conduit, a nozzle assembly that is mounted to the body portion and is pivotable with respect to the body portion about an axis of rotation, the nozzle assembly including a manifold defining a conduit that is in fluid communication with the conduit of the body portion, at least a first nozzle that is mounted to the manifold and defines a conduit that generates a lancing fluid jet, wherein the conduit of the first nozzle lies in a first plane that is transverse to the longitudinal center axis of the rail so that the lancing fluid jet of the first nozzle is disposed in the first plane when the manifold is pivoted about the axis of rotation.