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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2012
Applicants:
Matthew J. Memmott, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Alexander W. Harkness, Gibsonia, PA (US);
William Edward Cummins, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Inventors:
Matthew J. Memmott, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Alexander W. Harkness, Gibsonia, PA (US);
William Edward Cummins, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 9/00 (2006.01); G21C 1/32 (2006.01); G21C 9/033 (2006.01); G21C 15/18 (2006.01); G21C 13/024 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 9/00 (2013.01); G21C 1/322 (2013.01); G21C 9/033 (2013.01); G21C 15/18 (2013.01); G21C 13/024 (2013.01); Y02E 30/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
A combined makeup tank and passive residual heat removal system that places a tube and shell heat exchanger within the core makeup tank. An intake to the tube side of the heat exchanger is connected to the hot leg of the reactor core and the outlet of the tube side is connected to the cold leg of the reactor core. The shell side of the heat exchanger is connected to a separate heat sink through a second heat exchanger.