C204 Effect of Thermal Power for Fuel Temperature Analysis using Sphere Fuel Elements : In High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactor

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012.17 (0) ◽  
pp. 303-304
Author(s):  
Motoo FUMIZAWA ◽  
Yuto SUZUKI ◽  
Megumu HASIMUTO
Author(s):  
Qisen Ren ◽  
Xiaoyong Yang ◽  
Zhiyong Huang ◽  
Jie Wang

The high temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) coupled with direct gas turbine cycle is a promising concept in the future of nuclear power development. Both helium gas turbine and compressor are key components in the cycle. Under normal conditions, the mode of power adjustment is to control total helium mass in the primary loop using gas storage vessels. Meanwhile, thermal power of reactor core is regulated. This article analyzes off-design performances of helium gas turbine and compressors for high temperature gas-cooled reactor with gas turbine cycle (HTGR-GT) at steady state level of electric power adjustment. Moreover, performances of the cycle were simply discussed. Results show that the expansion ratio of turbine decreases as electric power reduces but the compression ratios of compressors increase, efficiencies of both turbine and compressors decrease to some extent. Thermal power does not vary consistently with electric power, the difference between these two powers increases as electric power reduces. As a result of much thermal energy dissipated in the temperature modulator set at core inlet, thermal efficiency of the cycle has a widely reduction under partial load conditions.


Energy ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 68 ◽  
pp. 385-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min Yang ◽  
Qi Liu ◽  
Hongsheng Zhao ◽  
Ziqiang Li ◽  
Bing Liu ◽  
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2006 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daisuke TOCHIO ◽  
Junya SUMITA ◽  
Eiji TAKADA ◽  
Nozomu FUJIMOTO ◽  
Shigeaki NAKAGAWA

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