Can someone explain to me how a neuclear motor wors as in a aircraft carrier?

Question

I was in the service for 10 yrs and only worked on Heilo's and jets. was just courious

Answer 1

A nuclear reactor is used to generate steam for the steam turbine that propels the ship and for generators that provide the ships electricity. Normally a carrier would be refueled twice in its 50 year lifespan.

Answer 2

Nuclear power plants do NOT use seawater. That system wouldn't last very long with salt being as corrosive as it is.

US nuclear power plants whether their land based or sea based use the same type of liquid for heating/cooling and that is fresh water. In self-contained systems like you would find on a US Navy submarine or surface ship, it's purified water to get all contaminants out of it.

This is how it works...water is superheated to make steam. The superheated, pressurized steam is used to turn a turbine. The turbine can do several different things. It is used as propulsion and as an electrical generator and can do both at the same time. That steam is then cooled in the cooling towers and then ran through the system again. This system is very efficient and there is no pollution.

Answer 3

Ships are power the same way they were 100 years ago, with "STEAM", instead of hauling around, ton's of coal, and having to stop at "Coaling" stations, 1 lb of Nuclear material, makes all the steam, like almost forever, it's an unlimited power supply, the only thing now that determines how long a ship can remain at sea, is how much food it can carry, water is no problem since their are desalination units on the ship.

Answer 4

There isn't a nuclear motor, the nuclear plant on the ship is used to generate power (heat) that is turned into steam and that drives the props for the ships movement. The key to the nuclear approach is that it doesn't need re-fueling as would ships operating on deisel fuel or those wood burning destroyers of yesteryear.....

Answer 5

the reactor is used to make electricity the ship has no engine really it has a huge row off batteries and a motor .
well it has more then one motor. but its just an electric motor getting the power from batteries and the batteries getting charged by the reactor.

Answer 6

Nuclear power turns seawater into steam which turns large steam turbines.

Answer 7

You fill the gas tank with special rocks (like pop rocks). Turn the key an go!!!!

Answer 8

instead of a fire underneath the boiler to make steam, super-heated water under pressure is pumped under it. the reactor causes the heat. it's real neat.