Published June 1, 2018 | Version v1
Report

sCO2 Brayton Cycle: Roadmap to sCO2 Power Cycles NE Commercial Applications

  • 1. Sandia National Laboratory (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Description

The mission of the Energy Conversion (EC) area of the Advanced Reactor Technology (ART) program is to commercialize the sCO2 Brayton cycle for Advance Reactors and for the Supercritical Transformational Electric Production (STEP) program. The near-term objective of the EC team efforts is to support the development of a commercially scalable Recompression Closed Brayton Cycle (RCBC) to be constructed for the first STEP demonstration system with the lowest risk possible. This document details the status of technology, policy and market considerations, documentation of gaps and needs, and outlines the steps necessary for the successful development and deployment of commercial sCO2 Brayton Power Systems along the path to nuclear reactor applications.

Availability note (English)

Available from https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1452896; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1452896; DOE Accepted Manuscript full text, or the publishers Best Available Version will be available free of charge after the embargo period

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
138 p.
Report number
SAND--2018-6187

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
51090197
Subject category
S22: GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
BRAYTON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENERGY CONVERSION; POWER SYSTEMS; REACTOR TECHNOLOGY; REACTORS
Descriptors DEC
CARBON COMPOUNDS; CARBON OXIDES; CHALCOGENIDES; CONVERSION; ENERGY SYSTEMS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; THERMODYNAMIC CYCLES

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
AC04-94AL85000
Funding organization
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) (United States)
Secondary number(s)
OSTIID--1452896