Title :
Design of an eddy-current brake for a sodium-cooled reactor
Author_Institution :
Atomics International, a division of North American Aviation, Inc., Canoga Park, Calif.
fDate :
4/1/1960 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Eddy-current brakes have proved very effective for throttling sodium flow in a sodium-cooled nuclear power reactor, thus maintaining a constant temperature gradient for afterglow conditions. Design steps and calculations are presented.
Keywords :
Coils; Equations; Face; Inductors; Mathematical model; Stators; Steel;
Journal_Title :
Electrical Engineering
DOI :
10.1109/EE.1960.6433156
