Heat exchange apparatus for a reactor
First Claim
1. A heat exchange apparatus for transferring heat from a reactor gas coolant to a secondary fluid medium, comprising:
- an elongated vertically extending housing;
an elongated vertical extending tubular shroud supported within said housing in spaced relation thereto, said shroud having a gas entry substantially around the periphery at its lower end and a gas exit at its upper end;
means dividing the annular space between said shroud and said housing into an upper and a lower region;
an inlet for reactor coolant communicating with said lower region and being spaced above said gas entry to said shroud to thereby suppress natural convection during non-operating standby conditions of said apparatus;
an outlet for reactor coolant communicating with said upper region;
a plurality of vertically extending, spaced apart bayonet tube assemblies supported within said shroud;
means for passing said secondary fluid medium through said tube assemblies; and
means for causing reactor coolant to flow in through said inlet, upwardly through said shroud and out through said outlet during emergency conditions of said reactor.
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Abstract
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 wall thereof is an elongated vertical extending tubular shroud which shroud has a gas entry at its lower end and a gas exit at its upper end. Means are provided for dividing the annular space between the shroud 16 and the wall of the hole into an upper and a lower region. Disposed in the shield is an inlet for reactor coolant which communicates with the lower region and is positioned vertically so as to be spaced above the gas entry to the shroud to thereby suppress natural convection during non-operating standby conditions of the apparatus. An outlet for reactor coolant, which is disposed in the shield, communicates with the upper region. A plurality of vertically extending, spaced apart bayonet tube assemblies are supported within the shroud and means are provided for passing secondary fluid through these tube assemblies. A circulator is provided for causing the reactor coolant to flow in through the inlet, downward in the annular space, into the shroud through the gas entry, upward through the shroud and out through the outlet during emergency conditions of the reactor.
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1. A heat exchange apparatus for transferring heat from a reactor gas coolant to a secondary fluid medium, comprising:
- an elongated vertically extending housing;
an elongated vertical extending tubular shroud supported within said housing in spaced relation thereto, said shroud having a gas entry substantially around the periphery at its lower end and a gas exit at its upper end;
means dividing the annular space between said shroud and said housing into an upper and a lower region;
an inlet for reactor coolant communicating with said lower region and being spaced above said gas entry to said shroud to thereby suppress natural convection during non-operating standby conditions of said apparatus;
an outlet for reactor coolant communicating with said upper region;
a plurality of vertically extending, spaced apart bayonet tube assemblies supported within said shroud;
means for passing said secondary fluid medium through said tube assemblies; and
means for causing reactor coolant to flow in through said inlet, upwardly through said shroud and out through said outlet during emergency conditions of said reactor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
- an elongated vertically extending housing;
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