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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7436922 | Electricity and steam generation from a helium-cooled nuclear reactor Disclosed herein is a method comprising heating helium in a core of a nuclear reactor; extracting heat from the helium; superheating water to steam using the heat extracted from the helium; expanding the helium in a turbine; wherein the turbine is in operative commu... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7078825 | Microturbine engine system having stand-alone and grid-parallel operating modes A microturbine engine that includes a compressor that is operable to provide a flow of compressed air. The compressed air flows through a recuperator where it is preheated before delivery to a combustor. The preheated compressed air mixes with a fuel and is combuste... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7043917 | Nuclear power plant with universal Carnot cycle turbine An efficient turbine system that preferably utilizes nuclear thermal energy in a unique combined Carnot cycle and Rankine cycle in a closed cogenerative and regenerative cycle with a condensible working fluid heated by the nuclear thermal energy and delivered to eac... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7045913 | Microturbine engine system A microturbine engine that includes a compressor that is operable to provide a flow of compressed air. The compressed air flows through a recuperator where it is preheated before delivery to a combustor. The preheated compressed air mixes with a fuel and is combuste... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6977983 | Nuclear power plant and a method of conditioning its power generation circuit In a nuclear power plant making use of a high temperature gas cooled reactor, it is necessary, prior to commencing power generation and connection of a generator to an electrical distribution grid, to condition the power generation circuit of the plant. This involve... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6795518 | Integral PWR with diverse emergency cooling and method of operating same Passive emergency cooling in response to a loss of coolant accident (LOCA) in a PWR, having an integral reactor pressure vessel incorporating the steam generators and housed in a small high pressure containment vessel, is provided by circulating cooling water throug... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6674830 | Nuclear reactor plant The subject of the present invention is to provide a nuclear reactor plant of which is a direct cycle nuclear reactor using a carbon dioxide as a coolant such that a heat evacuation for liquefying coolant is reduced while a compressive work is reduced by ... | 01/06/2004 |
| 5335252 | Steam generator system for gas cooled reactor and the like A steam generator which finds particular application as a superheater and reheater for transfer of heat from the gas coolant of a nuclear power reactor to a secondary fluid medium. The lower pressure reheater is located inside of the nuclear pressure vess... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5309492 | Control for a closed cycle gas turbine system A throttle valve having defined characteristics controls flow of gas from a gas heater to a turbine in a closed cycle gas turbine system. The gas heater may be a nuclear reactor fueled by fission material preferably having a negative temperature coefficie... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5267288 | Power station installation In a power station installation which is designed as a combined installation, i.e. consists of a gas turbine group (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8) and of a steam cycle (13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20) downstream of the gas turbine group, the steam rate being generated in a wa... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5192493 | Median signal selector for feedwater control systems A system for improving the performance of nuclear power plant feedwater control systems and simplifying steam generator low water level reactor protection logic includes a plurality of water level channels for measuring steam generator water level and gen... | 03/09/1993 |
| 5114667 | High temperature reactor having an improved fluid coolant circulation system A high temperature reactor has a downflow type nuclear reactor provided at the top portion thereof with a gas inlet and a plurality of steam generators provided around the nuclear reactor. The steam generator has a heat insulation tube provided vertically... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5087412 | Nuclear reactor A nuclear reactor using gas as a primary coolant and a liquid as a moderator and/or reflector. Gas coolant flows through inlet passages around the outlet plenum to a distributor plate. The gas is directed between fuel element housing thimbles and fuel ele... | 02/11/1992 |
| 5037601 | Glass-pool, gas-cycle nuclear power plant A nuclear power plant that is of a walk-away type with an encapsulated reaction core in a glass matrix pool having a reactive Thorium/U233 composition in a containment structure that radiates thermal energy for use in a closed gas cycle with a ... | 08/06/1991 |
| 4976914 | Device for removing a blower from a gas-cooled nuclear reactor In methods and devices for removing a blower from a gas-cooled nuclear reactor, removal bells have previously been used which require considerable free space above the blower in the case of vertically extending blower configurations. In order to achieve a... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4756873 | Single loop nuclear power plant for current generation with a helium cooled high temperature reactor A single loop nuclear power plant with a helium cooled high temperature reactor for generation of electric current, designed for a capacity of 1-5 MWe. The plant, which in addition to the high temperature reactor includes a gas turbine assembly and a heat... | 07/12/1988 |
| 4725400 | Nuclear reactor plant housed in a steel pressure vessel, with a gas cooled, small high temperature reactor A nuclear reactor plant housed in a steel pressure vessel with a small high temperature reactor, together with a steam generator arranged over said reactor and with at least two circulating blowers connected in parallel with each other and following the s... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4713213 | Nuclear reactor plant housed in a steel pressure vessel with a gas cooled small high temperature reactor A nuclear reactor plant housed in a steel pressure vessel comprises a small high temperature reactor and a He/He heat exchanger located above the reactor, preferably followed by two circulating blowers connected in parallel. The installation further compr... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4694893 | Unit for guiding the flow of cold gas in steam generators of high-temperature reactors A unit for guiding the flow of cold gas from the annular chamber that is disposed between the pressure tank wall and the steam generator wall to the circulation fan of a steam generator of a high-temperature reactor, with hot gas being adapted to be suppl... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4694897 | Heat exchanger for heat exchange between hot gas and medium flowing through tube bundles A heat exchanger for heat exchange between a hot gas and a flowing medium that is conveyed in tube bundle heat transfer surfaces, especially a steam generator. The heat exchanger includes a pressure tank, the heat exchanger vessel in which are disposed tu... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4692301 | Steam generator heated with the cooling gas of a nuclear reactor The invention concerns a steam generator heated by the cooling gas of a nuclear reactor and arranged in the reactor pressure vessel within a vertical shaft. A blower associated with the steam generator is installed above it. The hot gas is conducted to th... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4689194 | Nuclear reactor plant with a small high temperature reactor operating with spherical fuel elements A nuclear reactor plant with a small high temperature reactor, principal heat exchangers located above the small high temperature reactor and housed in a steel pressure vessel, and a plurality of decay heat exchangers also located in the steel pressure ve... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4683111 | Gas circulator for a nuclear reactor and a method for use thereof An improved gas circulator for a gas-cooled nuclear reactor system is disclosed which includes a stator, a rotor having a rotor shaft, and an impeller attached to one end thereof. A radial active magnetic bearing and a radial backup bearing are positioned... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4664871 | Nuclear power installation with a high temperature pebble bed reactor Disclosed is a nuclear power plant comprising a high-temperature pebble bed reactor contained in a cylindrical steel pressure vessel in which an upper part of the cylindrical steel pressure vessel, which contains a heat utilization system, is retracted an... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4585053 | Heat exchanger for reactor core and the like A compact bayonet tube type heat exchanger which finds particular application as an auxiliary heat exchanger for transfer of heat from a reactor gas coolant to a secondary fluid medium. The heat exchanger is supported within a vertical cavity in a reactor... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4576783 | Heat pump augmentation of nuclear process heat A system for increasing the temperature of a fluid heated by a high temperature gas cooled nuclear reactor to a sufficient temperature to supply the heat of reaction for a high temperature chemical process. The system includes a secondary loop having a wo... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4571323 | Cooling device Device for the post-accident cooling of the confinement enclosure of a pressurized water nuclear reactor, wherein it comprises in series a turbine supplied by the hot, humid air contained in the enclosure, a condenser in which the air from the turbine is ... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4504439 | Gas cooled nuclear reactor It is desirable to being able to vary the temperature of a loop exposed to a flow of hot gases in gas cooled nuclear reactor installations without thereby affecting the gas temperature in the other loops. It should be possible in an extreme case to take t... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4466249 | Gas turbine system for generating high-temperature process heat The present invention relates to gas turbine systems for generating high-temperature process heat. To simplify the primary circuit and to eliminate the necessity of using the same circulation means for the primary and drive circuits in gas turbine systems... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4413348 | System for producing process heat A system for producing process heat which employs a high temperature gas cooled nuclear reactor and is adapted to provide process heat at temperatures higher than the reactor core temperature. The system includes a closed secondary loop having a working f... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4360496 | Cooling system for auxiliary systems of a nuclear installation Cooling system for auxiliary systems of a nuclear installation for heat removal from heat exchangers, the heat exchangers being connected on the primary side thereof to lines which may contain radioactive liquids or gases, being disposed in a secured area... | 11/23/1982 |
| 4357209 | Nuclear divisional reactor A nuclear divisional reactor including a reactor core having side and top walls, a heat exchanger substantially surrounding the core, the heat exchanger including a plurality of separate fluid holding and circulating chambers each in contact with a portio... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4343681 | Core energy plant with closed working gas circuit A core energy plant with closed working gas circuit, in which within an or safety container there are arranged a reactor core of pre-stressed concrete for heating the working gas, a working gas driven turbo-set with generator, and other components of the... | 08/10/1982 |
| 4299660 | Heat-extraction system for gas-cooled nuclear reactor The cavity within a pressure vessel for a gas-cooled nuclear reactor is divided into chambers by an intermediate support floor, with the reactor core thereabove and heat-exchangers therebelow. Separate heat-exchange units are connected to separate circula... | 11/10/1981 |
| 4293384 | Nuclear reactor plant for generating process heat The invention is directed to a nuclear reactor plant having a primary medium circuit including a nuclear reactor for generating a flow of heated primary working medium and a heat exchanger having a primary side to receive the flow of heated primary workin... | 10/06/1981 |
| 4258781 | Suspension for a thermally heavy load cylindrical pipe assembly A suspension for a thermally heavy load cylindrical pipe assembly of relatively large diameter, according to which the suspension includes a plate with chambers therein. This plate is at its circumference provided with inlets for a cooling medium, while a... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4257846 | Bi-brayton power generation with a gas-cooled nuclear reactor Method and apparatus for generating power from a high temperature gas-cooled nuclear reactor utilizing two Brayton-type thermal cycle circuits exchanging heat through a common heat exchanger. The reactor gas coolant is circulated through a primary circuit... | 03/24/1981 |
| 4229257 | Method of operating a nuclear power installation and a power plant adapted for such operation A primary working gas is heated in a high-temperature nuclear reactor and ives at least one primary turbine set to operate an electrical generator to generate electric power. Heat is abstracted from the primary gas by recuperative heat exchange and the pr... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4224983 | Heat exchange apparatus for a reactor A heat exchange apparatus for transferring heat from a reactor gas coolant to a secondary fluid medium. The heat exchange apparatus comprises an elongated vertically extending hole in a concrete shield. Supported within the hole in spaced relation to the ... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4220200 | Heat exchanger system The heat exchanger system is used for gas-cooled high-temperature reactors. The high-temperature primary gas passes over a nest of blind tubes and thereafter flows over the tubes of a plurality of counter-current heat-exchangers disposed about a jacket en... | 09/02/1980 |
