Method for carrying out emergent shaft sealing for reactor coolant pump and shaft sealing assembly

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PATENT NO 9903473
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15102470

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A method for carrying out emergent shaft sealing for a reactor coolant pump and a shaft sealing assembly is provided. The method comprises the steps that a passive stopping sealing member is arranged in a first sealing assembly and forms an opening under the normal operation condition, without affecting the first sealing assembly using a liquid film formed by fluid static pressure to prevent reactor coolant from leaking along a pump shaft; under the station blackout condition, after sensing high-temperature fluid flowing into the first sealing assembly, the passive stopping sealing member is closed and holds the pump shaft of the reactor coolant pump tightly, the gap between the first sealing assembly and the pump shaft of the reactor coolant pump is blocked, and therefore the reactor coolant is prevented from leaking along the pump shaft.

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AREVA NPKOLB WATT FRANCE COURBEVOIE HAUTS-DE-SEINE

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Thuillier, Romain Valenciennes, FR 2 10

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