FY-05 Second Quarter Report On Development of a Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Brayton Cycle: Improving PBR Efficiency and Testing Material Compatibility

Oh, Chang

doi:10.2172/911223

Title: FY-05 Second Quarter Report On Development of a Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Brayton Cycle: Improving PBR Efficiency and Testing Material Compatibility

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The objective of this research is to improve a helium Brayton cycle and to develop a supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton cycle for the Pebble Bed Reactor (PBR) that can also be applied to the Fast Gas-Cooled Reactor (FGR) and the Very-High-Temperature Gas- Cooled Reactor (VHTR). The proposed supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton cycle will be used to improve the PBR, FGR, and VHTR net plant efficiency. Another objective of this research is to test materials to be used in the power conversion side at supercritical carbon dioxide conditions. Generally, the optimized Brayton cycle and balance of plant (BOP) to be developed from this study can be applied to Generation-IV reactor concepts. Particularly, we are interested in VHTR because it has a good chance of being built in the near future.

Authors:: Oh, Chang

Publication Date:: Fri Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 2005

Research Org.:: Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: DOE - NE

OSTI Identifier:: 911223

Report Number(s):: INL/EXT-05-00307
TRN: US0704470

DOE Contract Number:: DE-AC07-99ID-13727

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 54 - ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; BRAYTON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPATIBILITY; EFFICIENCY; GAS COOLED REACTORS; HELIUM; PEBBLE BED REACTORS; TESTING; Brayton; Compatibility; Fast Gas-Cooled Reactor; Material; Pebble Bed Reactor; Testing

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                    Oh, Chang. FY-05 Second Quarter Report On Development of a Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Brayton Cycle: Improving PBR Efficiency and Testing Material Compatibility.  United States: N. p., 2005. 
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        "FY-05 Second Quarter Report On Development of a Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Brayton Cycle: Improving PBR Efficiency and Testing Material Compatibility".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.2172/911223.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/911223.

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