Multi-modular power plant with dedicated electrical grid

Patent · 02 June 2020

OSTI ID:1650973

Ingersoll, Daniel; Reyes, Jr., Jose N.; Galyean, Bill; Doyle, Jeremiah; Hough, Ted; Snuggerud, Ross

A multi-modular power plant includes a plurality of on-site nuclear power modules that generate a power plant output, and a number of power plant systems which operate using electricity associated with a house load of the power plant. A switchyard associated with the power plant may electrically connect the power plant to a distributed electrical grid. The distributed electrical grid may be configured to service a plurality of geographically distributed consumers. Additionally, the switchyard may electrically connect the power plant to a dedicated electrical grid. The dedicated electrical grid may provide electricity generated from the power plant output to a dedicated service load, and the power plant output may be equal to or greater than a combined load of the dedicated service load and the house load. At least a portion of the power plant output may be distributed to both the power plant systems and the dedicated electrical grid.

• Research Organization: NuScale Power LLC, Corvallis, OR (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: NE0000633
• Assignee: NuScale, LLC (Corvallis, OR)
• Patent Number(s): 10,672,528
• Application Number: 15/369,528
• OSTI ID: 1650973
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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