Preliminary studies of compact Brayton cycle performance for small modular high temperature Gas-cooled reactor system

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 75, Issue , 2014, Pages 11-19

  Bae, Seong Jun ^a   Lee, Jekyoung ^a   Ahn, Yoonhan ^a   Lee, Jeong Ik ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Helium Brayton cycle; High Temperature Gas cooled Reactor (HTGR); Small Modular Reactor (SMR); Turbomachinery

Indexed keywords

BRAYTON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; HELIUM; SMALL NUCLEAR REACTORS; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION; TURBOMACHINERY;

COMPONENT PERFORMANCE; HIGH TEMPERATURE GAS-COOLED REACTOR (HTGR); MODULAR HIGH TEMPERATURE GAS-COOLED REACTORS; OPTIMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS; POWER CONVERSION SYSTEMS; SMALL MODULAR REACTORS; SUPERCRITICAL CARBON DIOXIDES; TOTAL SYSTEM PERFORMANCE; BRAYTON; CYCLE PERFORMANCE;

HIGH TEMPERATURE GAS REACTORS; BRAYTON CYCLE;

EID: 84906306325     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: 18732100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2014.07.041     Document Type: Article

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