Method for manufacturing multi-layered nuclear fuel cladding pipe

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12068083-B2
Application number	US-202217691112-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 9, 2022
Priority date	Jan 23, 2020
Publication date	Aug 20, 2024
Grant date	Aug 20, 2024

Abstract

The present inventive concept provides a method for manufacturing a multi-layered nuclear fuel cladding pipe, comprising the steps of: providing a preliminary cladding pipe in which an inner pipe having a rod-shaped insertion body inserted thereinto is disposed in an outer pipe; reducing the diameter of the preliminary cladding pipe by applying pressure from the outside to the inner side of the preliminary cladding pipe; and removing the insertion body from the inner pipe by providing a force in the direction in which the insertion body extends, wherein the inner pipe and the outer pipe may be formed of different metals from each other.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for manufacturing a multi-layered nuclear fuel cladding pipe, comprising:
providing a preliminary cladding pipe in which an inner pipe, into which a rod-shaped insertion body is inserted, is disposed in an outer pipe;
reducing a diameter of the preliminary cladding pipe by applying pressure from outside the preliminary cladding pipe to an inner side of the preliminary cladding pipe; and
removing the insertion body from the inner pipe by providing a force in parallel to direction in which the insertion body extends,
wherein the inner pipe and the outer pipe are formed of different metals from each other,
wherein the reducing of the diameter of the preliminary cladding pipe comprises moving the preliminary cladding pipe between a plurality of rollers pairing up with each other, by arranging in a longitudinal direction of the preliminary cladding pipe a plurality of rolling units each comprising the plurality of rollers, and
in the reducing of the diameter of the preliminary cladding pipe, the outer pipe and the inner pipe are tightly fixed to each other to manufacture the multi-layered nuclear fuel cladding pipe.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein a distance between the plurality of rollers of each of the plurality of rolling units is decreased by stages in the longitudinal direction of the preliminary cladding pipe, and
in the moving of the preliminary cladding pipe between the plurality of rollers, the pressure applied to the inner side of the preliminary cladding pipe is gradually increased.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of rolling units comprise:
a first rolling unit in which the plurality of rollers are provided in a first direction; and
a second rolling unit in which the plurality of rollers are provided in a second direction crossing the first direction,
wherein the first rolling unit and the second rolling unit are alternately arranged.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the insertion body provides to the inner pipe a reaction force against the pressure, in the reducing of the diameter of the preliminary cladding pipe.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the providing of the preliminary cladding pipe comprises:
polishing a surface of the insertion body or applying a lubricant to the surface of the insertion body; and
inserting the insertion body into the inner pipe.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the insertion body has elasticity.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the insertion body is made of a polymer.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the insertion body has hardness less than that of the inner pipe.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the insertion body has hardness of 60 Shore A to 100 Shore D.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the insertion body has a length greater than that of each of the inner pipe and the outer pipe.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein an original diameter of the insertion body is equal to or less than an internal diameter of the inner pipe of the preliminary cladding pipe, and
in the reducing of the diameter of the preliminary cladding pipe, the internal diameter of the inner pipe is reduced equal to or less than the original diameter of the insertion body.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the outer pipe has ductility greater than that of the inner pipe.

Assignees

• Gachon Univ Of Industry—Academic Cooperation Foundation
• Korea Advanced Inst Sci & Tech

Inventors

• Yoon Young Soo
• Kim Yong Hee
• Kim Dae Yun
• Lee You Na

Classifications

• B21B17/04

  in a continuous process · CPC title

• B23K2101/10

  Pipe-lines · CPC title

• Y02E30/30

  Nuclear fission reactors · CPC title

• G21C21/02

  Manufacture of fuel elements or breeder elements contained in non-active casings · CPC title

• B23K2103/26

  Alloys of Nickel and Cobalt and Chromium · CPC title