Fuel element storage and cooling configuration

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9058906
APP PUB NO 20120051484A1
SERIAL NO

13222346

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A fuel element storage and cooling configuration includes a fuel element storage pool and a cooling system having at least one first heat exchanger disposed in the fuel element storage pool and at least one second heat exchanger disposed in a heat sink and located at a distance therefrom, above a highest point of the first heat exchanger. The two heat exchangers are connected, using a pipe system, to form a closed circuit, which is at least partially filled with a flowable coolant. If the temperature of the first heat exchanger is increased with respect to the second heat exchanger, natural circulation of the coolant, and thus heat transport from the fuel element storage pool to the heat sink, is ensured without a pump apparatus.

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WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC GERMANY GMBH68167 MANNHEIM

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Freis, Daniel Mannheim, DE 3 20
Haspel, Norbert Lorsch, DE 1 13
Schmidt, Marcel Düsseldorf, DE 22 38

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