A supercritical CO2 cycle- a promising power conversion system for Generation IV reactors

Proceedings of the 2006 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants, ICAPP'06

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 722-731

  Hejzlar, Pavel ^a   Dostal, Vaclav ^a,b   Driscoll, Michael J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST REDUCTION; NUCLEAR ISLAND; OUTLET TEMPERATURES; RECOMPRESSION CYCLE;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; LEAD ALLOYS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; POWER CONVERTERS; RECUPERATORS; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 33845732272     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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