GB754559A - Improvements in thermal nuclear reactors, in particular for aircraft propulsion - Google Patents

Improvements in thermal nuclear reactors, in particular for aircraft propulsion

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GB754559A
GB754559A GB8863/54A GB886354A GB754559A GB 754559 A GB754559 A GB 754559A GB 8863/54 A GB8863/54 A GB 8863/54A GB 886354 A GB886354 A GB 886354A GB 754559 A GB754559 A GB 754559A
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carbide
water
oxide
coating
march
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HELMUT PHILIPPE GEORGE ALEXAND
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C3/00—Reactor fuel elements and their assemblies; Selection of substances for use as reactor fuel elements
    • G21C3/02—Fuel elements
    • G21C3/04—Constructional details
    • G21C3/06—Casings; Jackets
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C3/00—Reactor fuel elements and their assemblies; Selection of substances for use as reactor fuel elements
    • G21C3/30—Assemblies of a number of fuel elements in the form of a rigid unit
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C5/00—Moderator or core structure; Selection of materials for use as moderator
    • G21C5/12—Moderator or core structure; Selection of materials for use as moderator characterised by composition, e.g. the moderator containing additional substances which ensure improved heat resistance of the moderator
    • G21C5/123—Moderators made of organic materials
    • 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
    • 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)
  • Structure Of Emergency Protection For Nuclear Reactors (AREA)
  • Inorganic Compounds Of Heavy Metals (AREA)

Abstract

754,559. Coating with metals; cementation. ZBOROWSKI, H. P. G. A. R. VON. March 26, 1954 [March 31, 1953], No. 8863/54. Classes 72 and 82(2). [Also in Groups XIII, XXVI, XXXIII and XL(a)] Anuclear reactor has walls R of fissionable material. with a mass 1À1 to 2 times the critical mass with thermal neutrons, and means for circulating a moderator fluid between the walls so that it changes from a liquid at inlet to a gas at outlet and provides a normal neutron multiplication factor of 1. The reactors use U<SP>235</SP> or Pu<SP>239</SP> or U<SP>238</SP> enriched with Pu<SP>239</SP> and U<SP>233</SP>, with water, heavy water, purified water, a hydrocarbon, or a mixture of water and alcohol or methanol as moderator and working fluid. The reactors may have a protective coating of chromium oxide, bismuth oxide, silicon oxide, silicon carbide, tungsten, tungsten carbide, tantalum, tantalum carbide, zirconium or zirconium oxide. The carbides have the advantage of improving adhesion of the coating by forming uranium or plutonium carbide.
GB8863/54A 1953-03-31 1954-03-26 Improvements in thermal nuclear reactors, in particular for aircraft propulsion Expired GB754559A (en)

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US2926127A (en) * 1957-03-25 1960-02-23 Willard H Mccorkle Neutronic reactor with accessible thimble and emergency cooling features
US2967139A (en) * 1957-10-09 1961-01-03 Martin Co Method of forming a sheet into an integral tube
US2968602A (en) * 1959-12-03 1961-01-17 Loeb Ernest Reactor-flash boiler-flywheel power plant
US2974495A (en) * 1958-08-08 1961-03-14 Robert W Pinnes Heat exchanger arrangement for maximum utilization of reactor power for all altitudeconditions
DE1110334B (en) * 1957-11-08 1961-07-06 Metallgesellschaft Ag Reactor operated with uranium hexafluoride as a nuclear fuel for generating energy
US2994656A (en) * 1958-12-31 1961-08-01 Zumwalt Lloyd Robert Fuel element construction
US3016694A (en) * 1958-05-13 1962-01-16 Westinghouse Electric Corp Combination turbojet and ramjet engine
US3041260A (en) * 1958-12-31 1962-06-26 Walter V Goeddel Nuclear fuel material
US3079316A (en) * 1958-05-22 1963-02-26 Minnesota Mining & Mfg Thermally resistant articles and method for their fabrication
US3086933A (en) * 1960-02-04 1963-04-23 Martin Marietta Corp Transportable nuclear reactor power plant
US3091581A (en) * 1958-03-03 1963-05-28 Martin Marietta Corp Fissionable fuel capsules and method of manufacturing same
US3108054A (en) * 1960-06-15 1963-10-22 United Aircraft Corp Nuclear powered propulsive device
US3129141A (en) * 1958-11-03 1964-04-14 Gen Motors Corp Nuclear reactor fuel element and process for making same
US3129142A (en) * 1959-03-31 1964-04-14 Combustion Eng Fuel element
US3151037A (en) * 1961-02-21 1964-09-29 Minnesota Mining & Mfg Encased fuel
US3151596A (en) * 1959-12-03 1964-10-06 Boeing Co Nuclear powered water jet engine
US3158990A (en) * 1959-04-21 1964-12-01 Gen Applied Science Lab Inc Ram-jet engine
US3166614A (en) * 1959-11-30 1965-01-19 Carborundum Co Process of making nuclear fuel element
US3179572A (en) * 1959-06-03 1965-04-20 Philips Corp Fuel elements for use in nuclear reactors
US3235205A (en) * 1957-10-02 1966-02-15 Philip P Newcomb Means and method of assembly of a nuclear aircraft engine
US3336749A (en) * 1963-02-20 1967-08-22 Frank E Rom Nuclear rocket motor
US4786008A (en) * 1986-04-24 1988-11-22 Grumman Aerospace Corporation Nuclear powered drone

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Cited By (23)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2926127A (en) * 1957-03-25 1960-02-23 Willard H Mccorkle Neutronic reactor with accessible thimble and emergency cooling features
US3235205A (en) * 1957-10-02 1966-02-15 Philip P Newcomb Means and method of assembly of a nuclear aircraft engine
US2967139A (en) * 1957-10-09 1961-01-03 Martin Co Method of forming a sheet into an integral tube
DE1110334B (en) * 1957-11-08 1961-07-06 Metallgesellschaft Ag Reactor operated with uranium hexafluoride as a nuclear fuel for generating energy
US3091581A (en) * 1958-03-03 1963-05-28 Martin Marietta Corp Fissionable fuel capsules and method of manufacturing same
US3016694A (en) * 1958-05-13 1962-01-16 Westinghouse Electric Corp Combination turbojet and ramjet engine
US3079316A (en) * 1958-05-22 1963-02-26 Minnesota Mining & Mfg Thermally resistant articles and method for their fabrication
US2974495A (en) * 1958-08-08 1961-03-14 Robert W Pinnes Heat exchanger arrangement for maximum utilization of reactor power for all altitudeconditions
US3129141A (en) * 1958-11-03 1964-04-14 Gen Motors Corp Nuclear reactor fuel element and process for making same
US3041260A (en) * 1958-12-31 1962-06-26 Walter V Goeddel Nuclear fuel material
US2996444A (en) * 1958-12-31 1961-08-15 Massoud T Simnad Fuel element construction
US2994656A (en) * 1958-12-31 1961-08-01 Zumwalt Lloyd Robert Fuel element construction
US3129142A (en) * 1959-03-31 1964-04-14 Combustion Eng Fuel element
US3158990A (en) * 1959-04-21 1964-12-01 Gen Applied Science Lab Inc Ram-jet engine
US3179572A (en) * 1959-06-03 1965-04-20 Philips Corp Fuel elements for use in nuclear reactors
US3166614A (en) * 1959-11-30 1965-01-19 Carborundum Co Process of making nuclear fuel element
US2968602A (en) * 1959-12-03 1961-01-17 Loeb Ernest Reactor-flash boiler-flywheel power plant
US3151596A (en) * 1959-12-03 1964-10-06 Boeing Co Nuclear powered water jet engine
US3086933A (en) * 1960-02-04 1963-04-23 Martin Marietta Corp Transportable nuclear reactor power plant
US3108054A (en) * 1960-06-15 1963-10-22 United Aircraft Corp Nuclear powered propulsive device
US3151037A (en) * 1961-02-21 1964-09-29 Minnesota Mining & Mfg Encased fuel
US3336749A (en) * 1963-02-20 1967-08-22 Frank E Rom Nuclear rocket motor
US4786008A (en) * 1986-04-24 1988-11-22 Grumman Aerospace Corporation Nuclear powered drone

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