IP Library Granted Patent US 8,774,342
Granted Patent B2
US 8,774,342 · App. 13/030,189 · Granted Jul 8, 2014

Boiling water nuclear plant and steam dryer

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Patent No.
US 8,774,342
App. No.
13/030,189
Granted
Jul 8, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

In the boiling water nuclear plant of the present invention, a steam dryer is disposed in a reactor pressure vessel. Materials that have capability of capturing nitrogen compounds containing N-16 are supported on porous member. The porous members are placed in a region where steam goes through in the steam dryer. For example, both or either of perforated plates installed in the steam dryer is constituted of the porous member on which N-16 capture material is supported. When steam containing N-16 goes through the perforated plates, the N-16 is captured by the porous member, whereby the N-16 transfer amount into the turbine system is reduced.

Claims (14)

1. A boiling water nuclear plant, comprising:

a reactor pressure vessel;

a steam dryer disposed in said reactor pressure vessel; and

either at least one first porous member on which a material that captures radioactive nitrogen compounds is supported or at least one second porous member constituted of said material,

wherein said first or second porous member is placed at a region through which steam goes in said steam dryer.

2. The boiling water nuclear plant according to claim 1 , wherein said first porous member is a perforated plate installed in said steam dryer.

3. The boiling water nuclear plant according to claim 2 , wherein a radioactive nitrogen compound capture device having said first porous member is placed in at least one of a steam inlet side and a steam outlet side of said perforated plate installed in the steam dryer.

4. The boiling water nuclear plant according to claim 3 , wherein said material captures at least one of ammonia and nitrogen monoxide by at least one function from adsorption reaction, chemical reaction, and catalytic action.

5. The boiling water nuclear plant according to claim 2 , wherein said material captures at least one of ammonia and nitrogen monoxide by at least one function from adsorption reaction, chemical reaction, and catalytic action.

6. The boiling water nuclear plant according to claim 1 , wherein said material captures at least one of ammonia and nitrogen monoxide by at least one function from adsorption reaction, chemical reaction, and catalytic action.

7. The boiling water nuclear plant according to claim 1 , wherein said first or second porous member is constituted of at least one from metal, metal compound, metal carbide, and metal nitride.

8. A steam dryer placed in a nuclear pressure vessel of a boiling water nuclear plant, wherein either at least one first porous member on which a material that captures radioactive nitrogen compounds is supported or at least one second porous member constituted of said material is placed at a region through which steam goes in said steam dryer.

9. The steam dryer of a boiling water nuclear plant according to claim 8 , wherein said first porous member is a perforated plate installed in said steam dryer.

10. The steam dryer of a boiling water nuclear plant according to claim 8 , wherein said first porous member is disposed in a device placed in at a steam inlet side and a steam outlet side of said perforated plate installed in the steam dryer.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 5, 2026
From: HITACHI-GE NUCLEAR ENERGY, LTD.
To: HITACHI GE VERNOVA NUCLEAR ENERGY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 074188/0822 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 17, 2011
From: HINO, YUKO; ISHIDA, KAZUSHIGE; USUI, NAOSHI
To: HITACHI-GE NUCLEAR ENERGY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 025973/0021 →