US 12,112,858 B2
Filter and a fuel assembly for a nuclear plant
Uffe Bergmann, Västerås (SE); and Hoshiar Amin, Västerås (SE)
Assigned to Westinghouse Electric Sweden AB, Västerås (SE)
Appl. No. 17/436,320
Filed by WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC SWEDEN AB, Västerås (SE)
PCT Filed Mar. 11, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/056488
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 3, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/182873, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19162334 (EP), filed on Mar. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0172851 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. G21C 3/32 (2006.01); B01D 29/00 (2006.01)
CPC G21C 3/3206 (2013.01) [B01D 29/0097 (2013.01); Y02E 30/30 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A filter for separating particles from a cooling liquid in a nuclear plant, wherein the filter comprises at least one passage with an inner surface, an inlet end and an outlet end, wherein said at least one passage delimits through-flow of the cooling liquid in a main flow direction (MFD) in the at least one passage from the inlet end to the outlet end, at least one surface section arranged on the inner surface and having a structured surface forming a plurality of surface portions facing said main flow direction (MFD) of the cooling liquid to catch said particles.