Compact fast nuclear reactor using heat pipes
Hampel November 3, 1
U.S. patent number T101,204 [Application Number 06/197,464] was granted by the patent office on 1981-11-03 for compact fast nuclear reactor using heat pipes. Invention is credited to Viktor E. Hampel.
| United States Patent | T101,204 |
| Hampel | November 3, 1981 |
Compact fast nuclear reactor using heat pipes
Abstract
A fast nuclear reactor is described which comprises a conical reactor core surrounding an embedded array of heat pipes of, per se, novel structure, carrying either moderator or nuclear fuel material as part of their working fluid. This reactor system is self-regulating, because an excessive increase in reactivity drives the fuel or moderator working fluid out of the conical core region, thereby reducing reactivity. The heat pipes are protected against burnout by a novel heat pipe envelope shape and internal wicking structure designed to increase the working fluid circulation speed with increasing heat transfer loads.
| Inventors: | Hampel; Viktor E. (Pleasanton, CA) |
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| Family ID: | 22729520 |
| Appl. No.: | 06/197,464 |
| Filed: | October 16, 1980 |
| Current U.S. Class: | 376/221; 376/318; 376/347; 376/367; 976/DIG.307; 376/317; 376/329; 376/419 |
| Current CPC Class: | G21D 5/02 (20130101); F28D 15/02 (20130101); G21C 15/257 (20130101); Y02E 30/30 (20130101); Y02E 30/00 (20130101) |
| Current International Class: | F28D 15/02 (20060101); G21C 015/00 () |
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