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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2010
Applicant:
Khaled M. Ewida, Garland, TX (US);
Inventor:
Khaled M. Ewida, Garland, TX (US);
Assignee:
GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC, Wilmington, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 7/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A flow limiter may include a head and a fin extending from a bottom of the head. The head may include a side surface having at least one first hole and the side surface may be symmetric about a first axis. The fin may include at least one second hole and the at least one second hole may have an axis substantially perpendicular to the first axis. The flow limiter may be inserted into a support casting that may interface with a nuclear fuel bundle to reduce the flow of water to the nuclear fuel bundle thereby reducing a moisture carry over (MCO) level at an exit of a fuel bundle of a nuclear reactor.