Induced nuclear reactions: processes – systems – and elements – Reactor protection or damage prevention – Recombiners
Patent
1992-11-25
1994-02-15
Wasil, Daniel D.
Induced nuclear reactions: processes, systems, and elements
Reactor protection or damage prevention
Recombiners
423579, 423584, G21C 19317
Patent
active
052873927
ABSTRACT:
An internal passive catalytic device operating in the water phase of a boiling water reactor vessel downstream of the steam/water separator location. The device consists of catalytic material arranged and situated such that all (except perhaps a small leakage flow) water phase exiting the water/steam separator device flows over the surface of the catalytic material. The catalytic surfaces decompose dissolved hydrogen peroxide into water and oxygen. When the substrate of the catalytic material is plated or alloyed with a water recombination catalyst such as a noble metal, the catalytic surfaces also catalyze the recombination of dissolved hydrogen and oxygen molecules into water. The passive catalytic device is constructed to ensure that the pressure drop of the reactor water across the device is very small. The device includes a stainless steel flow-through housing packed with catalytic material, which could take the form of tangled wire or strips, crimped ribbon, porous sintered metal composite or any other structure having a high surface area-to-volume ratio.
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Brandon Robert J.
Charnley James E.
Cowan II Robert Lee
Law Robert J.
Beulick J. S.
General Electric Company
Wasil Daniel D.
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