Effects of Interstage Cooling on Brayton Cycle Efficiency
Abstract
The US Department of Energy is investigating the use of high-temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTGR) [Oh,2005] to produce electricity and hydrogen. In anticipation of the design, development and procurement of an advanced power conversion system for HTGR, this study was initiated to identify the major design and technology options and their tradeoffs in the evaluation of power conversion system (PCS) options to support future research and procurement decisions. These PCS technology options affect cycle efficiency, capital cost, system reliability and maintainability and technical risk, and therefore the cost of electricity from Generation IV systems. In this study, we investigated the effect of interstage cooling in the PCS and present some results.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- DOE - NE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 911761
- Report Number(s):
- INL/CON-06-01092
TRN: US200801%%209
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC07-99ID-13727
- Resource Type:
- Conference
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: ANS Annual Meeting,Reno, NV,06/04/2006,06/08/2006
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 29 - ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; BRAYTON CYCLE; CAPITALIZED COST; DESIGN; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRICITY; EVALUATION; HYDROGEN; PROCUREMENT; RELIABILITY
Citation Formats
Oh, Chang, Barner, Robert, and Pickard, Paul. Effects of Interstage Cooling on Brayton Cycle Efficiency. United States: N. p., 2006.
Web.
Oh, Chang, Barner, Robert, & Pickard, Paul. Effects of Interstage Cooling on Brayton Cycle Efficiency. United States.
Oh, Chang, Barner, Robert, and Pickard, Paul. 2006.
"Effects of Interstage Cooling on Brayton Cycle Efficiency". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/911761.
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abstractNote = {The US Department of Energy is investigating the use of high-temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTGR) [Oh,2005] to produce electricity and hydrogen. In anticipation of the design, development and procurement of an advanced power conversion system for HTGR, this study was initiated to identify the major design and technology options and their tradeoffs in the evaluation of power conversion system (PCS) options to support future research and procurement decisions. These PCS technology options affect cycle efficiency, capital cost, system reliability and maintainability and technical risk, and therefore the cost of electricity from Generation IV systems. In this study, we investigated the effect of interstage cooling in the PCS and present some results.},
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