Heat exchanger design considerations for high temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) plants

Conference · Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:5194075

McDonald, C. F.; Vrable, D. L.; Van Hagan, T. H.; King, J. H.; Spring, A. H.

Various aspects of the high-temperature heat exchanger conceptual designs for the gas turbine (HTGR-GT) and process heat (HTGR-PH) plants are discussed. Topics include technology background, heat exchanger types, surface geometry, thermal sizing, performance, material selection, mechanical design, fabrication, and the systems-related impact of installation and integration of the units in the prestressed concrete reactor vessel. The impact of future technology developments, such as the utilization of nonmetallic materials and advanced heat exchanger surface geometries and methods of construction, is also discussed.

• Research Organization: General Atomic Co., San Diego, CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AT03-76SF70046; AT03-76SF71061
• OSTI ID: 5194075
• Report Number(s): GA-A-15756; CONF-800723-10; TRN: 80-013484
• Resource Relation: Conference: 19. national heat transfer conference, Orlando, FL, USA, 27 Jul 1980
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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