CLOSED-CYCLE-GAS-TURBINE-REACTOR-POWER-PLANT

Technical Report · Mon Nov 25 04:00:00 EST 1957

OSTI ID:4333428

Winkler, W

A discussion of different problems involved with the development program of a closed-cycle-gas-turbinereactor-power-plant is given. The types of enriched uranium fuel elements which permit an operation at temperatures of about 700 deg C, and some of the development work done in this field by private industry in the United States are discussed. Investigations on the choice of the gas from the nuclear and thermodynamic viewpoint are presented, and heat transfer and pressure loss problems for different gases and their mixtures are included. Calculations of gas activity due to neutron capture by the gas, impurities, residual matter from erosion or incomplete cleaning, and fission product leakage from the fuel elements are included. The thermal efficiency of different steam and gas cycles are also compared. (auth)

• Research Organization: Reaktor AG, Wurenlingen, Switzerland
• NSA Number: NSA-12-008076
• OSTI ID: 4333428
• Report Number(s): NP-6652
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English

Related Subjects

ACTIVATION
CAPTURE
CLEANING
EFFICIENCY
ENRICHMENT
EROSION
FISSION PRODUCTS
FUEL ELEMENTS
GASES
HEAT TRANSFER
HIGH TEMPERATURE
IMPURITIES
LOSSES
MIXING
NEUTRONS
OPERATION
PHYSICS
POWER PLANTS
PRESSURE
REACTORS
STEAM
TURBINES
URANIUM
VARIATIONS