NUCLEAR FUEL ASSEMBLY SPACER GRID EQUIPPED WITH HYBRID FLOW MIXER

• Main Authors: KANG HEUNGSEOK, YOON KYUNGHO, KIM HYUNGKYU, OH DONGSEOK, IN WANGKEE, CHUN TAEHYUN, SONG KEENAM, JUNG YOUNHO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 12.03.2003
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PHYSICS; REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGYGENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve fuel rod cooling performance in a spacer grid constituting a nuclear fuel assembly by compositely and strongly generating a turbulent flow, a forced lateral flow and a rotating flow without largely increasing the pressure loss to a cooling water flow. SOLUTION: This...