Scanning the research agenda
Thirty representative projects are summarized to indicate the scope of the Electric Power Research Institute's (EPRI) research activities. Supply and demand modeling is essential to utility planning, as are probabilistic studies and computer code development for plant safety and engineering. Fuel studies for power generation include coal (gasification for combined cycle, liquefaction, and fluidized-bed combustion), nuclear fusion, solar heating and cooling, and direct-conversion fuel cells. Environmental and health projects include regional monitoring of sulfates, animal toxicology, clinical studies of pollutants, effects of cooling systems and high-voltage, and radiation control. Power plant operation studies examine scrubbers, human factors in plant reliability, seismic tests, and fuel improvement. Also described are projects associated with developing and testing new materials and developing new technology for delivering energy.
- OSTI ID:
- 6266437
- Journal Information:
- EPRI J.; (United States), Vol. 4:1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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