UNDERWATER NUCLEAR GAS-TRANSFER STATION Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: transport of gaseous hydrocarbon fuel through long pipelines routed over sea bottom. SUBSTANCE: gas- transfer station has light-weight pressure-resistant hull divided by high-strength bulkheads into pressurized compartments. Intermediate compartment accommodates water-cooled nuclear reactor connected through steam lines to steam turbines of turbochargers mounted in extreme compartments communicating through shafts with supercharging compressors disposed beyond pressure-resistant hull and attached to spherical bulkhead along its axis; admission and delivery branches of turbocharger gas lines run through board-to-board space and joined to butt-joining assemblies used for connecting the station to gas main. EFFECT: eliminated danger of natural gas ingress inside inhabited compartments. 1 dwg