Nuclear powered heat pumps for near-term process heat applications

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 238, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2272-2284

  Marmier, A ^a,b   Futterer M A ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLANTS; DESALINATION; ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; ENERGY RESOURCES; GAS FUEL MANUFACTURE; GAS PRODUCERS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HYDROGEN; LOW TEMPERATURE PRODUCTION; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; POWER GENERATION; POWER PLANTS; PUMPS; REACTION KINETICS; SEPARATION; TEMPERATURE; WATER FILTRATION;

(E ,3E) PROCESS; (OTDR) TECHNOLOGY; CO GENERATION; ELECTRIC APPLICATIONS; ELSEVIER (CO); GENERATION IV REACTORS; HEAT PRODUCTION; HEAT PUMPING; HEAT SOURCING; HIGH POWER CONVERSION; HIGH TEMPERATURE (HT); LOW TEMPERATURE (LTR); OUTLET TEMPERATURE; POWER-CONVERSION EFFICIENCY (PCE); PRODUCTION CYCLES; SUBSTANTIAL MARKET; TEMPERATURE WINDOWS; VERY HIGH TEMPERATURE REACTOR (VHTR); WATER DESALINATION;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 48149087951     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2008.02.014     Document Type: Article

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