Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Creep and cascade failure mitigation in heat pipe reactors
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Application No.: US16186090Application Date: 2018-11-09
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Publication No.: US11270802B1Publication Date: 2022-03-08
- Inventor: Robert Stowers Reid
- Applicant: Triad National Security, LLC
- Applicant Address: US NM Los Alamos
- Assignee: Triad National Security, LLC
- Current Assignee: Triad National Security, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US NM Los Alamos
- Agency: Alston & Bird LLP
- Main IPC: G21C15/257
- IPC: G21C15/257 ; F28D15/02 ; G21C15/18 ; F28D15/06 ; F28D21/00
Abstract:
Technique(s) to mitigate creep and/or cascade failure in high temperature heat pipe reactor cores may include gas loading each heat pipe such that when one or more heat pipes in the heat pipe array fail, the adjacent heat pipes can accommodate added heat load with little change in temperature.
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