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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 1994
Filed:
Aug. 02, 1993
Robert L Sylvester, Pensacola, FL (US);
Randall C Johnson, Pensacola, FL (US);
Gregory V Smith, Pensacola, FL (US);
King W Chan, Pensacola, FL (US);
Willis B Middlebrooks, III, Pensacola, FL (US);
Jawahar K Visaria, Pensacola, FL (US);
Robert M Wilson, Cantonment, FL (US);
George Bieberbach, Pensacola, FL (US);
Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
This patent discloses a secondary fluid supply system for a steam generator used in nuclear reactor power plants. The secondary fluid supply system comprises a secondary fluid (feedwater) inlet nozzle near the base of the steam generator shell, a feedwater riser pipe spaced between the shell of the steam generator and the tube bundle wrapper, the upper end of the feedwater riser pipe being connected to a distribution ring having a plurality of spray nozzles positioned in the recirculating pool above the top of the U-shaped heat exchanger tubes.