WO1999045545A8 - Nuclear powered steam expansion engine and a nuclear powered generator with method of operation - Google Patents

Nuclear powered steam expansion engine and a nuclear powered generator with method of operation

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Publication number
WO1999045545A8
WO1999045545A8 PCT/US1999/005448 US9905448W WO9945545A8 WO 1999045545 A8 WO1999045545 A8 WO 1999045545A8 US 9905448 W US9905448 W US 9905448W WO 9945545 A8 WO9945545 A8 WO 9945545A8
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Prior art keywords
nuclear
fuel
steam
periodically
supercritical state
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PCT/US1999/005448
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French (fr)
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WO1999045545A1 (en
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Claudio Filippone
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Claudio Filippone
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Priority to EP99917304A priority Critical patent/EP1074024A4/en
Priority to AU35456/99A priority patent/AU3545699A/en
Publication of WO1999045545A1 publication Critical patent/WO1999045545A1/en
Publication of WO1999045545A8 publication Critical patent/WO1999045545A8/en
Publication of WO1999045545A9 publication Critical patent/WO1999045545A9/en

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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21D—NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
    • G21D5/00—Arrangements of reactor and engine in which reactor-produced heat is converted into mechanical energy
    • G21D5/02—Reactor and engine structurally combined, e.g. portable
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C7/00—Control of nuclear reaction
    • G21C7/02—Control of nuclear reaction by using self-regulating properties of reactor materials, e.g. Doppler effect
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C7/00—Control of nuclear reaction
    • G21C7/30—Control of nuclear reaction by displacement of the reactor fuel or fuel elements
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E20/00—Combustion technologies with mitigation potential
    • Y02E20/16—Combined cycle power plant [CCPP], or combined cycle gas turbine [CCGT]
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E30/00—Energy generation of nuclear origin
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E30/00—Energy generation of nuclear origin
    • Y02E30/30—Nuclear fission reactors

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • High Energy & Nuclear Physics (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis (AREA)
  • Engine Equipment That Uses Special Cycles (AREA)

Abstract

A nuclear power generator having a nuclear fuel assembly which is periodically adjacent first to a first nuclear reactor containing fresh nuclear fuel where the fuel assembly achieves a supercritical state, and then adjacent to a second nuclear reactor containing spent nuclear fuel where delayed neutrons resulting from the supercritical state of the fuel assembly cause a supercritical state in the spent fuel thereby releasing heat. A nuclear powered steam expansion engine capable of converting nuclear energy to mechanical work by periodically bringing into proximity two nuclear fuel assemblies within a piston and cylinder assembly, thus making the fuel assemblies successively supercritical and subcritical in cyclical fashion, with associated cyclical heating, periodically injecting water into the resultant heated cylinder, which water is converted to steam which expands, drives the piston, and produces mechanical work, recycling the expanded steam by adding additional heat during an exhaust stroke, and using the recycled steam to drive a turbine system.
PCT/US1999/005448 1998-03-05 1999-03-05 Nuclear powered steam expansion engine and a nuclear powered generator with method of operation WO1999045545A1 (en)

Priority Applications (2)

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EP99917304A EP1074024A4 (en) 1998-03-05 1999-03-05 Nuclear powered steam expansion engine and a nuclear powered generator with method of operation
AU35456/99A AU3545699A (en) 1998-03-05 1999-03-05 Nuclear powered steam expansion engine and a nuclear powered generator with method of operation

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US7691798P 1998-03-05 1998-03-05
US60/076,917 1998-03-05

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WO1999045545A8 true WO1999045545A8 (en) 2000-03-02
WO1999045545A9 WO1999045545A9 (en) 2000-04-27

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EP1074024A4 (en) 2001-07-25
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WO1999045545A1 (en) 1999-09-10
WO1999045545A9 (en) 2000-04-27

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