Author : D. H. Lennox
Release : 1961
Genre : Boiling water reactors
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis An Evaluation of Reactor Concepts for Use as Separate Steam Superheaters by : D. H. Lennox
Download or read book An Evaluation of Reactor Concepts for Use as Separate Steam Superheaters written by D. H. Lennox. This book was released on 1961. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Various reactor concepts were compared for use as a separate superheater which could be added on to an advanced 300-Mwe reactor producing saturated steam. Fossil steam plant superheat temperatures were used as a criterion for selecting nuclear superheat temperatures. Therefore, the performance specified for the superheater was a minimum exit steam temperature of 566 deg C (1050 deg F) when supplied with saturated steam at either 71 atm (1050 psia) or 167 atm (2450 psia). A preliminary screening of ten different reactor concepts resulted in the selection of two for a detailed evaluation. These are a direct-cycle, water-moderated reactor, and an indirect-cycle, sodium-cooled reactor. The steam- cooled, water-moderated system is judged to have the best chance for initially reaching 566 deg C (l050 deg F), whereas, the indirect-cycle, sodium-cooled system is considered best for subsequent advances to exploit the more efficient, high- pressure steam reheat cycles. A design concept was selected for each of the reactors to establish a basis for the detailed evaluations and comparisons.
