Medium-power lead-alloy fast reactor balance-of-plant options

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 388-405

  Dostal, Vaclav ^a   Hejzlar, Pavel ^a   Todreas, Neil E ^a   Buongiorno, Jacopo ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat exchangers; Lead alloy cooled reactors; Power cycles

Indexed keywords

BRAYTON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; COOLANTS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; LEAD ALLOYS; LIGHT WATER REACTORS; OPTIMIZATION; STEAM GENERATORS;

LEAD ALLOY COOLED REACTORS; POWER CYCLES; REACTOR VESSEL;

FAST REACTORS;

EID: 5644236840     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT147-388     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. P. HEJZLAR, J. BUONGIORNO, P. E. MACDONALD, and N. E. TODREAS, "Design Strategy and Constraints for Medium-Power Lead-Alloy-Cooled Actinide Burners," Nucl. Technol., 147, 321 (2004).
2. D. KIM, N. E. TODREAS, M. J. DRISCOLL, and M. S. KAZIMI, "Plant Design and Cost Estimation of a Natural Circulation Lead-Bismuth Reactor with Steam Power Conversion Cycle," MIT-ANP-074, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (July 2000).
3. V. DOSTAL, N. E. TODREAS, P. HEJZLAR, and M. S. KAZIMI, "Power Conversion Cycle Selection for the LBE Cooled Reactor with Forced Circulation," MIT-ANP-TR-085, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Feb. 2002).
4. R. HERRON, "Component Design and Capital Cost Analysis of a Forced Circulation Lead-Bismuth Eutectic Cooled Nuclear Reactor," Masters Thesis, Department of Nuclear Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Aug. 2002).
5. S. KAKAC and H. LIU, Heat Exchangers: Selection, Rating, and Thermal Design, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida (1998).
6. J. BUONGIORNO, N. E. TODREAS, and M. S. KAZIMI, "Conceptual Design of a Lead-Bismuth Cooled Fast Reactor with In-Vessel Direct-Contact Steam Generation," MIT-ANP-TR-079, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Mar. 2001).
7. Y. OKA and S. KOSHIZUKA, "Design Concept of Once-Through Cycle Supercritical-Pressure Light Water Cooled Reactor," Proc. First Int. Symp. Supercritical Water-Cooled Reactors, Design and Technology, The University of Tokyo, Japan, November 6-9 (2000).
8. N. E. TODREAS and M. S. KAZIMI, Nuclear Systems I. Thermal Hydraulic Fundamentals, Hemisphere Publishing Corporation, New York (1990).
9. "Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station. PSAR," Vol. 1, The Toledo Edison Company (1970).
10. J. BUONGIORNO, "Conceptual Design of a Lead-Bismuth Cooled Fast Reactor with In-Vessel Direct-Contact Steam Generation," PhD Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2001).
11. E. G. FEHER, "The Supercritical Thermodynamic Power Cycle," in Adv. Energy Conversion Eng., The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, New York, pp. 37-44 (1967).
12. G. SULZER, "Verfahren zur Erzeugung von Arbeit aus Warme," Swiss Patent CH 269599 (July 15, 1950).
13. 2 Closed-Cycle Design Gas Turbines," Nucl. Gas Turbines, 51-61 (Jan. 1970).
14. 2," Paper EN-1/47, Proc. ENEA Symp., Paris, France, May 20-22 (1968).
15. C. KELLER and R. A. STRUB, "The Gas Turbine for Nuclear Power Plants with Gas-Cooled Reactors," VII World Power Conference Paper C 3/167, Moscow, Russia (Aug. 1968).
16. 2 Reactors," Paper EN1/45, Proc. ENEA Symp., Paris, France, May 20-22 (1968).
17. G. ANGELINO, "Carbon Dioxide Condensation Cycles for Power Production," ASME 68-GT-23, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1968).
18. G. ANGELINO, "Real Gas Effects in Carbon Dioxide Cycles," ASME 69-GT-103, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1969).
19. 2-Gasturbinenprozesse fur einen Schnellen Natriumgekuhlten Brutreaktor wirtschaftlich," Brenstoff-Warme-Kraft, Bd. 23 Nr. 9 S. 395 bis 424 (Sep. 1971).
20. 2-Gasturbinenprozes," Brenstoff-Warme-Kraft, Bd. 23 Nr. 9 S. 395 bis 424 (Sep. 1971).
21. D. P. GOKHSTEIN et al., "Future Design of Thermal Power Stations Operating on Carbon Dioxide," Thermal Engineering, 36-38 (April 1971).
22. J. C. CORMAN et al., "Closed Turbine Cycles," Energy Conversion Alternatives Study, General Electric Phase I Final Report, Vol. 2, Advanced Energy Conversion Systems, Part 2 (1976).
23. M. A. KLINS, Carbon Dioxide Flooding, D. Reidel Publishing Company, Holland (1984).
24. D. J. BEECH and R. MAY, "Gas Reactor and Associated Nuclear Experience in the UK Relevant to High Temperature Reactor Engineering," OECD Proc. Basic Studies on High-Temperature Engineering, Paris, France, September 17-19, 1999.
25. S. J. DEWSON and B. THONON, "The Development of High Efficiency Heat Exchangers for Helium Gas Cooled Reactors," Proc. ICAPP'03, Cordoba, Spain, May 2003.
26. HEATRIC, "Major PCHE Projects," HEATRIC Reference List (May 2003).
27. 2 Brayton Cycle Design and Optimization," MIT-ANP-TR-090, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Nov. 2002).
28. C. E. BOARDMAN, "Optimizing the Size of the Super-Prism Reactor, Proc. ICONE-8, Baltimore, Maryland, April 2-6(2000).
29. R. BALLINGER, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Personal Communication (Jan. 2001).