Assessment of load-following capability of VHTR cogeneration systems

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 49, Issue , 2012, Pages 33-40

  Sato, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Yan, Xing L ^a   Tachibana, Yukio ^a   Kato, Yukitaka ^b  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cogeneration; Control system; GTHTR300C; Load following; Simulation; VHTR

Indexed keywords

COGENERATION; GTHTR300C; LOAD-FOLLOWING; SIMULATION; VHTR;

CONTROL SYSTEMS; COOLANTS; INLET FLOW; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

HIGH TEMPERATURE REACTORS;

EID: 84864768597     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2012.05.019     Document Type: Article

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