PASSIVE COOLING SYSTEM OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

• Main Authors: KIM YOUNG BAEK, CHUN SEOUNG EUN, LEE JAE KYU, YANG HAE NAM, SHIM KYUNG WOO, CHOI YOUNG JAE, LEE DAE JIN, BAEK BYUNG CHAN, LEE SANG JONG, HEO KYUN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 14.03.2013
• 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 POWER PLANT; 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

A passive cooling system of a nuclear power plant includes a cooling water storage tank configured to store a cooling water therein, a steam generation unit to which the cooling water is supplied from the cooling water storage tank connected thereto, the supplied cooling water being heated to generate a steam, a water cooling heat exchange unit connected to the steam generation unit and provided within the cooling water storage tank, and an air cooling heat exchange unit connected to the steam generation unit and provided outside the cooling water storage tank.