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.
Thermodynamic analysis of a small scale combined cycle for energy generation from carbon neutral biomass
