Identification of optimum steam extraction scheme for desalination plant on cogeneration purpose PWR type NPP

According to International Desalination Association 2009, there are 14,400 desalination installations in the world which produced 59.9 million m³ per day and it was estimated to be increase continuously about 12,3% per year. Generally, fossil fuel has used as heat source which its combustion process will emit of CO₂ gas and another greenhouse gases. Increasing of fossil fuel utilization as energy process source, in : large scale desalination plant is not sustainable long-term option in term of environmental impact viewpoint. Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) is one of energy source which can produce large scale energy and it is also potential for cogeneration purposes which it produce electricity, as well as nuclear heat is also used for heat process, such as : desalination. Among all NPP type, PWR is the most utilized. In the heat utilization of PWR type NPP for desalination is needed a steam source selection of NPP secondary cycle. The exact selection of steam extraction point will be resulting an optimum cogeneration system to fulfil heat requirement for desalination by reduction of electricity as minimal as possible. Basically, there are 4 scheme scenario which are based on 2 steam extraction points, namely cross pipe and extraction line. Optimization is conducted by using Cycle Tempo Programme. Result of this study showed that third scheme of crossover pipe of steam extraction point is the best scheme with 1,039.1 MWe of power, 34.5 MWe of internal electricity needs and 149 MWe of power loss by cogeneration system and 1,004.6 MWe of transmission power. (author)