Assessment of regenerative reheating in direct Brayton power cycles for high-temperature gas-cooled reactors

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-24

  Herranz, Luis E ^a   Linares, José I ^b   Moratilla, Beatriz Y ^b  

^a CIEMAT   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PONTIFICIA COMILLAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brayton power cycle; High temperature gas cooled reactor; Regenerative reheater

Indexed keywords

BRAYTON CYCLE; COOLANTS; ENTHALPY; HIGH TEMPERATURE REACTORS;

HIGH-TEMPERATURE GAS-COOLED REACTOR; PEBBLE BED MODULAR REACTOR; REGENERATIVE REHEATING;

GAS COOLED REACTORS;

EID: 34447318871     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT07-A3853     Document Type: Article

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