Thermal-fluid comparison of three- and single-shaft closed loop Brayton cycle configurations for HTGR power conversion

2003 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants - Proceedings of ICAPP 2003

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Rousseau, P G ^a   Van Ravenswaay, J P ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAYTON CYCLE; GAS COOLED REACTORS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

CLOSED LOOPS; CYCLE EFFICIENCY; HIGH TEMPERATURE GAS-COOLED REACTOR (HTGR); OPTIMISATIONS; PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS; POWER CONVERSION; POWER OPERATION; SPECIFIC POWER;

HIGH TEMPERATURE GAS REACTORS;

EID: 84933177963     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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