COOLANT PRESSURIZER Russian patent published in 2007 - IPC G21D1/02 

FIELD: nuclear, thermonuclear, and space engineering; liquid-metal cooled nuclear power plants mainly for space engineering.

SUBSTANCE: proposed coolant pressurizer has tight housing with gas space, unit for connection to coolant circuit, and gas-coolant separator capillary device hydraulically communicating with unit for connection to coolant circuit and to gas space. Pressurizer is also provided with gas check valve joined with tube whose open end is disposed in central part of pressurizer gas space. Provision is made for ground tests of pressurizer within coolant circuit under conditions close to space ones.

EFFECT: enhanced operating reliability of pressurizer and entire liquid-metal coolant circuit.

1 cl, 1 dwg