Primary Inventor: Krishna P. Singh
Contributing Inventor(s): Joseph Rajkumar
Date of Publication: Jun. 8, 2021
Status: Granted
Jurisdiction: US
Assignee: SMR Inventec, LLC
Equipment Type: SMR-160
Docket Number: HOL-068
Application Number: 16,126,100
Patent Number(s): US 11,031,146 B2
Prior Publication Data: US 2019/0057789 A1, Feb. 21, 2019
Related U.S. Publication Data:
- Division of application No. 14/620,390, filed on Feb. 12, 2015, and now Patent No. US 10,102,936 B2, which is a Continuation-in-part of application No. PCT/US2013/054961, filed on August 14, 2013
- Provisional application No. 61/683,021, filed on August 14, 2012
Abstract: A nuclear steam supply system having a start-up sub-system for heating a primary coolant in one embodiment, the invention can be a nuclear steam supply system comprising; a reactor vessel having an internal cavity, a reactor core comprising nuclear fuel disposed within the internal cavity; a steam generating vessel fluidly coupled to the reactor vessel; a primary coolant loop formed within the reactor vessel and the steam generating vessel, a primary coolant in the primary coolant loop; and a start-up sub-system fluidly coupled to the primary coolant loop, the start-up sub-system configured to: (I) receive a portion of the primary coolant from the primary coolant loop; (2) heat the portion of the primary coolant to form a heated portion of the primary coolant; and (3) inject the heated portion of the primary coolant into the primary coolant loop.