Dynamic Simulation Technoeconomic Model for Power Generation
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sandia National Laboratories has built and successfully tested a dynamic simulation technoeconomic model of the Palo Verde Generating Station that is now being updated to help other US power plants improve operations. Palo Verde, located west of Phoenix, Arizona, is the largest electricity generator in the US at 4 GW. Palo Verde uses — 60 million gallons per day of treated wastewater from Phoenix to cool reactors, and disposes of blowdown in evaporation ponds. The model built for Palo Verde numerically evaluates the economic impact of changing, for example, alternative cooling technologies, water usage and treatment, and influent water chemistry, and is based on detailed accounting of mass, energy, and cash flows.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000; NA0003525
- OSTI ID:
- 1648193
- Report Number(s):
- SAND--2020-8363R; 689906
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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