Published September 1998 | Version v1
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Optimum power generation from an HTGR heat source

Creators

  • 1. Section Thermal Power Engineering - Gas Turbines, Delft University of Technology, Delft (Netherlands)

Description

A preliminary design study on the thermal conversion system for an HTGR of 40 MWth has been carried out. As the fluid in a Helium cooled HTR cycle is gaseous, the conversion of heat to power is a closed Brayton Cycle. The design process of the energy conversion system and the rotating components can be divided in two phases: (1) a thermodynamic design study. The gas turbine design conditions for optimal energy conversion have to be defined. These are pressure ratio and mass flow of the gas turbine; and (2) preliminary design of the turbomachinery. The optimal architecture of the gas turbine is defined. Assumptions made in phase 1 for turbomachinery efficiencies can be verified

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Title
High temperature gas cooled reactor applications and future prospects. Proceedings of an IAEA Technical Committee Meeting held in Petten, the Netherlands, 10-12 November 1997
Imprint Pagination
246 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 147-150
Report number
ECN-R--98-004

Conference

Title
IAEA Technical Committee Meeting on high temperature gas cooled reactors (HTGR)
Dates
10-12 Nov 1997
Place
Petten (Netherlands)

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
Netherlands
INIS RN
30006799
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
BRAYTON CYCLE POWER SYSTEMS; COGENERATION; DESIGN; FLUID FLOW; HELIUM COOLED REACTORS; HTGR TYPE REACTORS; PRESSURE DEPENDENCE; THERMODYNAMICS
Descriptors DEC
GAS COOLED REACTORS; GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS; POWER GENERATION; POWER SYSTEMS; REACTORS; STEAM GENERATION

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
Project ECN 7.1415