Operating a nuclear reactor using a deposit model of a nuclear reactor heat transfer surface

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PATENT NO 9721680
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14041806

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A method of operating a nuclear reactor is provided. The method includes defining a layer increment of a deposit layer modeling a deposit on a heat transfer surface of the nuclear reactor; periodically updating a thickness of the deposit layer by adding the layer increment to the deposit layer; recalculating properties of the deposit layer after each layer increment is added to the deposit layer; determining a temperature related variable of the heat transfer surface as a function of the recalculated properties of the deposit layer; and altering operation of the nuclear reactor when the temperature related variable of the heat transfer surface reaches a predetermined value. A method of modeling a deposit on a heat transfer surface of a nuclear reactor is also provided.

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AREVA INC3315 OLD FOREST ROAD LYNCHBURG VA 24501

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Griffith, John C Lynchburg, US 9 86
Pop, Mihai G M Alexandria, US 27 79
Wyatt, Joseph R Lynchburg, US 5 15

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