IP Library Granted Patent US 11,488,733
Granted Patent B2
US 11,488,733 · App. 16/627,734 · Granted Nov 1, 2022

Method and system for bringing a nuclear power plant into a safe state after extreme effect

Inventors: Vladimir Viktorovich Bezlepkin (g. Sankt-Peterburg, RU); Maksim Vladimirovich Gavrilov (pos. Murino, RU); Evgenij Aleksandrovich Tretyakov (g. Sankt-Peterburg, RU); Vyacheslav Borisovich Kozlov (g. Sankt-Peterburg, RU); Evgenij Pavlovich Obrazcov (g. Sankt-Peterburg, RU); Evgenij Igorevich Mezenin (g. Sankt-Peterburg, RU); Anton Eduardovich Shirvanyanc (g. Sosnovyj bor, RU); Darya Robertovna Altbregen (g. Sankt-Peterburg, RU); Lajne Vyajnovna Nosankova (g. Sankt-Peterburg, RU); Evgenij Yurevich Egorov (g.Volgodonsk, RU); Anzhela Vasilevna Lukina (g. Sankt-Peterburg, RU); Dmitrij Yakovlevich Vibe (g. Sankt-Peterburg, RU)
Assignees: JOINT-STOCK COMPANY SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND DESIGN INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES ATOMPROEKT; JOINT STOCK COMPANY “SCIENCE AND INNOVATIONS”
G21C15/18G21C15/182G21C15/24G21C15/253G21D3/04
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Patent No.
US 11,488,733
App. No.
16/627,734
Granted
Nov 1, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The method and system for bringing a nuclear power plant to a safe state after extreme effect reduce the temperature of the coolant after extreme effect. The system includes inlet and outlet pipelines, a steam generator, a storage tank and a heat exchanger, a separation tank above the steam generator and connected by two pipelines to a storage tank, a pump, a control unit. The method involves filling the system with coolant, feeding the coolant from the steam generator through the inlet pipeline and the storage tank to the heat exchanger, and feeding the coolant through the outlet pipeline back to the steam generator, wherein the pump is turned on for feeding the coolant and subsequent operation of the system. The first air valve is used to maintain pressure in the system, ensuring the absence of boiling of the coolant.

Claims (20)

1. A system for bringing a nuclear power plant into a safe state after extreme effect, the system comprising:

a steam generator;

a separation tank;

a storage tank;

a pump;

a heat exchanger;

a control unit configured to control the system;

a first water valve;

a second water valve;

a first air valve;

an inlet pipeline from the steam generator to the separation tank;

two pipelines comprising a first pipeline and a second pipeline, the first pipeline configured to provide a path for water in the separation tank to be transferred to the storage tank, the second pipeline configured to provide a path for gas in the separation tank to be transferred to the storage tank;

a discharge pipeline from the storage tank to the pump; and

an outlet pipeline from the storage tank to the pump and from the pump to the steam generator;

the separation tank located above the steam generator and connected by the two pipelines to the storage tank; and

wherein the heat exchanger is installed in the outlet pipeline downstream of the pump, the first water valve is installed in the inlet pipeline, and the separation tank is connected with the storage tank by the first pipeline with the second water valve installed therein and the second pipeline with the first air valve installed therein.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein a deaerator configured to remove steam from the system is used as the storage tank.

3. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the system comprises a vertical steam discharge pipeline with a second air valve; and the steam generator is equipped with the vertical steam discharge pipeline with the second air valve.

4. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the system comprises a plurality of steam generators connected in parallel to each other to the inlet and outlet pipelines.

5. The system according to claim 1 , wherein at least a part of the inlet pipeline is configured to have an upward slope towards the separation tank.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 4, 2025
From: HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH
To: HEXAGON INNOVATION HUB GMBH
Reel/Frame 073833/0471 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 2, 2022
From: BEZLEPKIN, VLADIMIR VIKTOROVICH; GAVRILOV, MAKSIM VLADIMIROVICH; TRETYAKOV, EVGENIJ ALEKSANDROVICH; KOZLOV, VYACHESLAV BORISOVICH; OBRAZCOV, EVGENIJ PAVLOVICH; MEZENIN, EVGENIJ IGOREVICH; SHIRVANYANC, ANTON EDUARDOVICH; ALTBREGEN, DARYA ROBERTOVNA; NOSANKOVA, LAJNE VYAJNOVNA; EGOROV, EVGENIJ YUREVICH; LUKINA, ANZHELA VASILEVNA; VIBE, DMITRIJ YAKOVLEVICH
To: JOINT-STOCK COMPANY SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND DESIGN INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES ATOMPROEKT; JOINT STOCK COMPANY "SCIENCE AND INNOVATIONS"
Reel/Frame 060091/0022 →
Priority Claims (1)
RU RU2018134285 · Sep 28, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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