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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 1993
Filed:
Oct. 19, 1992
Calvin K Tang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Wayne Marquino, San Jose, CA (US);
General Electric Company, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A nuclear reactor is joined to a steam turbine by a main steamline for discharging steam thereto. A plurality of flow control valves regulate flow to the turbine, and a bypass valve selectively bypasses a portion of the steam around the turbine to its condenser. A pressure regulator and turbine controller are operatively joined to the control valves and the bypass valve for controlling steamflow to the turbine. An apparatus for detecting failure of one of the control valves is operatively connected to the bypass valve, and upon failure of one of the control valves to channel sufficient flowrate, the bypass valve is automatically opened to reduce reactor pressure rise. The failure detecting apparatus also provides a reduction demand signal for reducing reactor power for allowing the bypass valve to close.
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