Inventors:
Demetrios L. Basdekas - Rockville PA
George Macrae - Murrysville PA
Joseph M. Walsh - Pittsburgh PA
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the United States
Department of Energy - Washington DC
International Classification:
F28F 2700, G05D 2300
Abstract:
The level of primary fluid is controlled to change the effective heat transfer area of a heat exchanger utilized in a liquid metal nuclear power plant to eliminate the need for liquid metal control valves to regulate the flow of primary fluid and the temperature of the effluent secondary fluid.