THERMAL SCIENCE

International Scientific Journal

Authors of this Paper

External Links

Marek Jaszczur

,

Michal Dudek

,

Zygmunt Kolenda

THERMODYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF HIGH TEMPERATURE NUCLEAR REACTOR COUPLED WITH ADVANCED GAS TURBINE COMBINED CYCLE

ABSTRACT
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.
KEYWORDS
high temperature nuclear reactor, gas turbine combined cycle, thermodynamic analysis
PAPER SUBMITTED: 2019-01-15
PAPER REVISED: 2019-02-28
PAPER ACCEPTED: 2019-03-21
PUBLISHED ONLINE: 2019-09-22
DOI REFERENCE: https://doi.org/10.2298/TSCI19S4187J
CITATION EXPORT: view in browser or download as text file
THERMAL SCIENCE YEAR 2019, VOLUME 23, ISSUE Supplement 4, PAGES [S1187 - S1197]
REFERENCES
  1. Erans, M., et al.,Proces Modeling and Techno-Economic Analysis of Natural Gas Combined Cycle Integrated with Calcium Looping, Thermal Science, 20 (2016), Suppl. 1, pp. S59-S67
  2. ***, Nuclear Energy, Technology Roadmap, Springer Reference, New York, USA, 2015
  3. ***, International Energy Agency, Energy Technology Perspectives, Int. Energy Agency, 2015
  4. Dudek, M., et al., Thermodynamic Analysis of Power Generation Cycles With High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Nuclear Reactor and Additional Coolant Heating Up to 1600 oC, Journal of Energy Resources Technology, 140 (2018), 2, 020910
  5. Jaszczur, M., et al., Hydrogen Production using High Temperature Nuclear Reactors: Efficiency Analysis of a Combined Cycle, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 41 (2016), 19, pp. 7861-7871
  6. ***, International Atomic Energy Agency Staff., Nuclear Power Reactors in the World. International Atomic Energy Agency, Wiena, 1989
  7. Andrew, K. C., The Status of the US High-Temperature Gas Reactors, Engineering, 2 (2016), 1, pp. 119-123
  8. Bredimas, A., Results of a European Industrial Heat Market Analysis as a Pre-Requisite to Evaluating the HTR Market in Europe and Elsewhere, Nuclear Engineering and Design, 271 (2014), May, pp. 41-45
  9. ***, International Atomic Energy Agency, High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactor Fuels and Materials, Iaea Tecdoc, 2010,
  10. Alus. M., Optimization of Tripple Pressure Combined Cycle Power Plant, Thermal Science, 16 (2012), 3, pp. 901-914
  11. Kenneth, K. D., Nuclear Engineering Handbook, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Fla., USA, 2016
  12. Zuoyi, Z., et al., The Shandong Shidao Bay 200 MWe High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor Pebble-Bed Module (HTR-PM) Demonstration Power Plant: An Engineering and Technological Innovation, Engineering, 2 (2016), 1, pp. 112-118
  13. Olumayegun, C., et al., Closed-Cycle Gas Turbine for Power Generation: A State-of-the-Art Review, Fuel, 180 (2016), Sept., pp. 694-717
  14. McDonald, C. F., Power Conversion System Considerations for a high Efficiency Small Modular Nuclear GT Combined Cycle Power Plant Concept (NGTCC), Applied Thermal Engineering, 73 (2014), 1, pp. 82-103
  15. Locatelli, G., et al., Generation IV Nuclear Reactors: Current Status and Future Prospects, Energy Policy, 61 (2013), Oct., pp. 1503-1520
  16. Todreas, N., Small Modular Reactors (Smrs) for Producing Nuclear Energy, in:, Handbook of Small Modular Nuclear Reactors, (Eds. M. D. Carelli, D. T. Ingersoll), Wood Head Publishing, Sawston, UK, 2014, An Introduction, pp. 3-26
  17. Al-Attab, K. A., et al., Externally Fired Gas Turbine Technology: A Review, Applied Energy, 138 (2015), C, pp. 474-487
  18. Zare, V., et al., Energy and Exergy Analysis of a Closed Brayton Cycle-Based Combined Cycle for Solar Power Tower Plants, Energy Conversion and Management, 128 (2016), Nov., pp. 227-237
  19. Guoqiang, Z. et al., Thermodynamic Analysis of combined Cycle Under Design/Off-Design Conditions for its Efficient Design and Operation, Energy Conversion and Management, 126 (2016), Oct., pp. 76-88
  20. Luo, C. et al., A Novel Nuclear Combined Power and Cooling System Integrating High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor with Ammonia-Water Cycle, Energy Conversion and Management, 87 (2014), Nov., pp. 895-904
  21. Dudek, M., Jaszczur, M., An Analysis of the Thermodynamic Cycles with High-Temperature Nuclear Reactor for Power Generation and Hydrogen Co-Production, E3S Web of Conferences, 14 (2017), Mar., 01046
  22. Jaszczur, M. et al., An Analysis of High-Temperature Nuclear Reactor Coupled with GT Combined Cycle, MATEC Web of Conferences, 240 (2018), Jan., 05010
  23. Santini, L. et al., On the Adoption of Carbon Dioxide Thermodynamic Cycles for Nuclear Power Conversion: A Case Study Applied to Mochovce 3 Nuclear Power Plant, Applied Energy , 181 (2016), Nov., pp. 446-463
PDF VERSION [DOWNLOAD]
Thermodynamic analysis of high temperature nuclear reactor coupled with advanced gas turbine combined cycle

© 2024 Society of Thermal Engineers of Serbia. Published by the Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International licence