TY - JOUR
TI - Thermodynamic analysis of high temperature nuclear reactor coupled with advanced gas turbine combined cycle
AU - Jaszczur Marek
AU - Dudek Michal
AU - Kolenda Zygmunt
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2019
VL - 23
IS - 14
SP - 1187
EP - 1197
PT - Article
AB - One of the most advanced and most effective technology for electricity  generation nowadays based on a gas turbine combined cycle. This technology  uses natural gas, synthesis gas from the coal gasification or crude oil  processing products as the energy carriers but at the same time, gas turbine  combined cycle emits SO2, NOx, and CO2 to the environment. In this paper, a  thermodynamic analysis of environmentally friendly, high temperature gas  nuclear reactor system coupled with gas turbine combined cycle technology  has been investigated. The analysed system is one of the most advanced  concepts and allows us to produce electricity with the higher thermal  efficiency than could be offered by any currently existing nuclear power  plant technology. The results show that it is possible to achieve thermal  efficiency higher than 50% what is not only more than could be produced by  any modern nuclear plant but it is also more than could be offered by  traditional (coal or lignite) power plant.