Remote heat removal system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10032530-B2
Application number	US-201615054254-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 26, 2016
Priority date	May 13, 2015
Publication date	Jul 24, 2018
Grant date	Jul 24, 2018

Abstract

A remote heat removal system that pumps a secondary fluid from a remote reservoir through a secondary side of a heat exchanger in heat exchange relationship with a primary fluid to be cooled. The secondary fluid drives a motive device that drives the primary fluid through the primary side of the heat exchanger.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A remote heat removal system for removing heat from a first fluid maintained in a hazardous environment, comprising:
a heat exchanger positioned within the hazardous environment within proximity to the first fluid, the heat exchanger having a primary side in heat exchange relationship with a secondary side with the first fluid in fluid communication with the primary side;
a remote reservoir located outside of the hazardous environment, containing a second fluid at a temperature below a temperature of the first fluid, with the second fluid in fluid communication with the secondary side of the heat exchanger;
a first pump operable to drive at least a portion of the second fluid through the secondary side of the heat exchanger, with the first pump positioned outside of the hazardous environment;
a hydraulic fluid transport mechanism having a first section in fluid communication with the second fluid and a second section in fluid communication with the first fluid, with the first section fluidly isolated from the second section, the first section being configured to have the second fluid drive a second pump, which drives the first fluid through the second section; and
wherein the hydraulic fluid transport mechanism comprises the second pump having a first impeller located in the first section that is driven by the second fluid and a second impeller located in the second section that is driven by the first impeller and in turn drives the first fluid over the secondary side of the heat exchanger.

2. The remote heat removal system of claim 1 wherein the first fluid is a gas and the second impeller is a fan that drives the first fluid over the secondary side of the heat exchanger.

Assignees

• Westinghouse Electric Co Llc

Inventors

• Ferraraccio Francis P
• Jain Nirmal K
• Van Haltern Martin L
• Flahive Daniel C

Classifications

• G21C15/243

  for liquids · CPC title

• G21D3/04

  Safety arrangements (emergency protection of reactor G21C9/00) · CPC title

• G21C15/182 Primary

  comprising powered means, e.g. pumps · CPC title

• G21D1/02

  Arrangements of auxiliary equipment · CPC title

• F04D13/04

  the pump being fluid driven · CPC title