Vaned filtering element

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9770680
APP PUB NO 20120273407A1
SERIAL NO

13379915

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The present invention relates to filters used to remove debris from water being sucked into a piping system. It has particular application for use in nuclear power plants, which, after a loss of coolant accident, must pump cooling water back into the reactor core from a collection sump. This water may contain various types of debris that must be removed before the water is sent back into the reactor cooling system. Filtering of the debris is realized with the component known as “strainers”. There are restrictions on the space available for installing strainers. The vaned filtering element, for example a vaned fin, of the present invention is designed to reduce the space required for strainer installation by increasing strainer surface area per unit volume, while maximizing the quantity of debris that can be filtered from the water.

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ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITEDCHALK RIVER LABORATORIES CHALK RIVER K0J1J0

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Gaudet, Michel Pembroke, CA 7 40
Haque, Ziaul Deep River, CA 1 15
Rhodes, David Bruce Deep River, CA 8 46

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