System design and analysis of thermal power dispatch systems for boiling water reactors

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作者
Agbaje, Muiz Adekunle [1 ]
Yilgor, Ilyas [1 ]
Rodrigues, Vinicius Zanardo [2 ]
Diao, Xiaoxu [2 ]
Smidts, Carol [2 ]
Kapuria, Abhimanyu [3 ]
Cole, Daniel [3 ]
Ulrich, Thomas [4 ]
Westover, Tyler [4 ]
Yeh, Huang [5 ]
Shi, Shanbin [1 ]
机构
[1] Rensselaer Polytech Inst, Dept Mech Aerosp & Nucl Engn, 110 8th St, Troy, NY 12180 USA
[2] Ohio State Univ, Dept Mech & Aerosp Engn, 201 West 19th Ave, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
[3] Univ Pittsburgh, Dept Mech Engn & Mat Sci, 3700 OHara St, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA
[4] Idaho Natl Lab, 2525 Fremont Ave, Idaho Falls, ID 83415 USA
[5] GSE Performance Solut Inc, 6940 Columbia Gateway Dr,Suite 470, Columbia, MD 21046 USA
关键词
BWR power plants; Thermal power dispatch; System level modeling; Transient simulations; High temperature steam electrolysis;
D O I
10.1016/j.anucene.2024.110881
中图分类号
TL [原子能技术]; O571 [原子核物理学];
学科分类号
0827 ; 082701 ;
摘要
Nuclear power plants are crucial to meeting net zero emission goals and achieving energy sustainability. Integrating these plants with clean energy technologies such as high-temperature steam electrolysis (HTSE) may improve the efficiency and economic competitiveness of these plants. The current study investigates the design and operation of a thermal power dispatch (TPD) system for coupling boiling water reactors (BWRs) to HTSE plants. The TPD system extracts a portion of the steam from the reactor's main steam line and transfers its thermal energy to an HTSE plant through a power transport loop. A TPD system for 5 % steam extraction has been designed and the system performance during steady and transient operations has been analyzed. The TPD system dispatched a total of 197 MW thermal energy to the HTSE plant under nominal design conditions. Saturated steam at 7.17 MPa from the BWR plant was condensed and subcooled to a temperature of 168 degrees C, while a mass flow rate of 91.1 kg/s of superheated steam was dispatched to the HTSE plant. Furthermore, the system performance during transient operation showed a continuous transition from the initial hot standby mode to the nominal power dispatch level. The transient simulation results emphasized the importance of investigating component level performance for the TPD system design. The current results will guide future works on the development of integrated energy systems for hydrogen production or process heat applications.
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