US 12,227,849 B2
Copper-fouling-resistant stator water cooling (SWC) system and method
Andrew Delano Odell, Kennett Square, PA (US)
Assigned to Constellation Energy Generation, LLC, Kennett Square, PA (US)
Filed by Exelon Generation Company, LLC, Kennett Square, PA (US)
Filed on Apr. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/242,953.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/016,596, filed on Apr. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0336509 A1, Oct. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. C23C 18/16 (2006.01); C09D 5/16 (2006.01); B08B 17/02 (2006.01); C25D 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC C23C 18/16 (2013.01) [C09D 5/1618 (2013.01); B08B 17/02 (2013.01); C23C 18/1637 (2013.01); C23C 18/1644 (2013.01); C25D 7/00 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of reducing copper fouling in a stator water cooling (SWC) system, the method comprising: a) identifying a component of the SWC system that is susceptible to fouling by a copper oxide, the component of the SWC system being a strainer comprising stainless steel; and b) applying an anti-fouling metallic material comprising Monel, Brass, Cupronickel, or a combination thereof, to the surface of the component identified in step (a), thereby reducing copper fouling of the component.