METHOD OF COATING A NUCLEAR REACTOR COMPONENT WITH A COLLOIDAL SOLUTION

• Main Authors: WHITE, David William, NAVE, Garrett Scott, KIM, Young Jin, LIN, Yang-Pi, MCCUMBEE, Patricia
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 13.09.2017
• Subjects: ADHESIVES; APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL; CHEMICAL PAINT OR INK REMOVERS; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; CHEMISTRY; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATIONOR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY IONIMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; COATING COMPOSITIONS, e.g. PAINTS, VARNISHES ORLACQUERS; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; CORRECTING FLUIDS; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; DYES; FILLING PASTES; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION INGENERAL; INKS; METALLURGY; MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS; MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS; NATURAL RESINS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PAINTS; PASTES OR SOLIDS FOR COLOURING OR PRINTING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; POLISHES; PROCESSES FOR APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TOSURFACES, IN GENERAL; SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THESURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; TRANSPORTING; USE OF MATERIALS THEREFOR; WOODSTAINS

A method of coating a nuclear reactor component includes introducing the nuclear reactor component into a colloidal solution at a first rate to obtain an immersed component. The colloidal solution is a non-crosslinked mixture including a dispersed phase within a dispersion medium. The dispersed phase may include n-type metal oxide particles. The method additionally includes removing the immersed component from the colloidal solution at a second rate to obtain a wet component. The method also includes drying the wet component to obtain a dried component. The method further includes baking the dried component to obtain a coated component. Accordingly, the nuclear reactor component is provided with a protective layer that reduces or prevents the occurrence of corrosion.