Pipe joints or couplings – Deformed – Outwardly expanded
Patent
1996-03-21
1998-07-28
Ricci, John A.
Pipe joints or couplings
Deformed
Outwardly expanded
376204, G21C 13032
Patent
active
057853614
ABSTRACT:
A thermal sleeve for insertion into a feedwater nozzle bore of a reactor pressure vessel for a nuclear reactor is described. In one embodiment, the sleeve includes a substantially cylindrical main body and a substantially cylindrical interference ring. The interference ring has a first secured end and a second free end. The interference ring is connected at the first secured end to an exterior surface of the substantially cylindrical main body. An interference surface is located at the second free end of the ring. The second free end of the cylindrical interference ring is biased so that when the sleeve is positioned in the nozzle bore, the second free end is biased towards the nozzle bore wall. In one embodiment, the second free end is biased into contact with a surface of an outer sleeve which also is positioned in the nozzle bore. The connector, a nozzle safe end wall, the outer sleeve and the inner sleeve cooperate to define a stagnant water area. A first end of the thermal sleeve interfaces with a connector for connecting the sleeve to a feedwater line. A second end of the sleeve interfaces with a feedwater sparger T-box having openings for spraying water delivered by the feedwater line into the RPV.
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Bourbour Siamak
Deaver Gerald Alan
General Electric Company
Ricci John A.
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