Combined Cycle Driven Efficiency for Next Generation Nuclear Power Plants - An Innovative Design Approach (Hardcover, 2015 ed.)

Introduces the concept of combined cycles for next generation nuclear power plants, explaining how recent advances in gas turbines have made these systems increasingly desirable for efficiency gains and cost-of-ownership reduction. Promulgates modelling and analysis techniques to identify opportunities for increased thermodynamic efficiency and decreased water usage over current Light Water Reactor (LWR) systems. Examines all power conversion aspects, from the fluid exiting the reactor to energy releases into the environment, with special focus on heat exchangers and turbo-machinery. Provides examples of small projects to facilitate nuanced understanding of the theories and implementation of combined-cycle nuclear plants. This book explores combined cycle driven efficiency of new nuclear power plants and describes how to model and analyze a nuclear heated multi-turbine power conversion system operating with atmospheric air as the working fluid. The included studies are intended to identify paths for future work on next generation nuclear power plants (GEN-IV), leveraging advances in natural-gas-fired turbines that enable coupling salt-cooled, helium-cooled, and sodium-cooled reactors to a Nuclear Air-Brayton Combined Cycle (NACC). These reactors provide the option of operating base-load nuclear plants with variable electricity output to the grid using natural gas or stored heat to produce peak power. The author describes overall system architecture, components and detailed modelling results of Brayton-Rankine Combined Cycle power conversion systems and Recuperated Brayton Cycle systems, since they offer the highest overall energy conversion efficiencies. With ever-higher temperatures predicted in GEN-IV plants, this book's investigation of potential avenues for thermodynamic efficiency gains will be of great interest to nuclear engineers and researchers, as well as power plant operators and students.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Release date:	March 2015
First published:	2015
Authors:	Bahman Zohuri
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	359
Edition:	2015 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-15559-3
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Energy technology & engineering > Nuclear power & engineering Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Thermodynamics & statistical physics > Thermodynamics Books > Professional & Technical > Energy technology & engineering > Electrical engineering > Power networks, systems, stations & plants
LSN:	3-319-15559-8
Barcode:	9783319155593

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