Combined cycle schemes coupled with a Very High Temperature gas-cooled reactor

2018 ◽  
Vol 108 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qu Xinhe ◽  
Yang Xiaoyong ◽  
Wang Jie ◽  
Zhao Gang
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Combined Cycle ◽  
Very High ◽  
High Temperature Gas

The Features of Closed Brayton Cycle and Sub-Critical Combined Cycles Coupled With (Very) High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinhe Qu ◽  
Xiaoyong Yang ◽  
Gang Zhao ◽  
Jie Wang
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Rankine Cycle ◽  
Combined Cycle ◽  
Fourth Generation ◽  
Outlet Temperature ◽  
Brayton Cycle ◽  
Reactor Outlet ◽  
Combined Cycles ◽  
Very High ◽  
High Temperature Gas

High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactor (HTR) and Very High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactor (VHTR), are the most promising and achievable fourth-generation nuclear reactor for its inherent safety. In this paper, the performance of Closed Brayton Cycle (CBC) and two sub-critical combined cycles were investigated and compared. The CBC is a recuperated and inter-cooling closed Brayton cycle. Two combined cycles include the sub-critical Rankine cycle without steam reheating (Simple Combined Cycle, SCC) and a sub-critical reheated Rankine cycle (Reheated Combined Cycle, RCC). The topping cycles of SCC and RCC are both a simple Brayton cycle, and connect with the bottoming cycles by a sub-critical heat recovery steam generator (HRSG). Physical and mathematical models of three different thermodynamic cycles were established. Within the temperature range of the HTR and VHTR, the effects and mechanism of key parameters, such as reactor outlet temperature, steam temperature and pressure, on features of three different cycles were investigated. The results showed the elevated reactor outlet temperature could obviously enhance efficiency of three cycles. The results showed that RCC had the highest efficiency while SCC had the lowest efficiency, and the efficiency of CBC is slightly lower than that of RCC. The results could be helpful to understand and develop the power conversion system coupled with (V)HTR in the future.

Evaluation of Working Fluids in an Indirect Combined Cycle in a Very High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor

2006 ◽  
Vol 156 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chang H. Oh ◽  
Robert Barner ◽  
Cliff Davis ◽  
Steven Sherman
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Combined Cycle ◽  
Working Fluids ◽  
Very High ◽  
High Temperature Gas

scholarly journals Conceptual Core Design Study of the Very High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor (VHTR) Upgrading the Core Performance by Using Multihole-Type Fuel

2008 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazutaka OHASHI ◽  
Tetsuo NISHIHARA ◽  
Kazuhiko KUNITOMI ◽  
Masaaki NAKANO ◽  
Yujiro TAZAWA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Design Study ◽  
The Core ◽  
Conceptual Core ◽  
Very High ◽  
Type Fuel ◽  
High Temperature Gas

scholarly journals Hydroxyl, water, ammonia, carbon monoxide and neutral carbon towards the Sgr A complex

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (S303) ◽  
pp. 97-99
Author(s):  
R. Karlsson ◽  
Aa. Sandqvist ◽  
Å. Hjalmarson ◽  
A. Winnberg ◽  
K. Fathi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Monoxide ◽  
High Temperature ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Gas Phase ◽  
Combined Action ◽  
Circumnuclear Disk ◽  
Sgr A ◽  
Grain Surface ◽  
Very High ◽  
High Temperature Gas

AbstractWe observed Hydroxyl, water, ammonia, carbon monoxide and neutral carbon towards the +50 km s−1 cloud (M−0.02−0.07), the circumnuclear disk (CND) and the +20 km s−1 (M−0.13−0.08) cloud in the Sgr A complex with the VLA, Odin and SEST. Strong OH absorption, H2O emission and absorption lines were seen at all three positions. Strong C18O emissions were seen towards the +50 and +20 km s−1 clouds. The CND is rich in H2O and OH, and these abundances are considerably higher than in the surrounding clouds, indicating that shocks, star formation and clump collisions prevail in those objects. A comparison with the literature reveals that it is likely that PDR chemistry including grain surface reactions, and perhaps also the influences of shocks has led to the observed abundances of the observed molecular species studied here. In the redward high-velocity line wings of both the +50 and +20 km s−1 clouds and the CND, the very high H2O abundances are suggested to be caused by the combined action of shock desorption from icy grain mantles and high-temperature, gas-phase shock chemistry. Only three of the molecules are briefly discussed here. For OH and H2O three of the nine observed positions are shown, while a map of the C18O emission is provided. An extensive paper was recently published with Open Access (Karlsson et al. 2013, A&A 554, A141).

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