Task Order 20: Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Brayton Cycle Energy Conversion Study

Technical Report · Thu Apr 23 00:00:00 EDT 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1372347· OSTI ID:1372347

Murray, Paul ^[1]; Lindsay, Edward ^[1]; McDowell, Michael ^[1]; Huang, Megan ^[1]

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1. AREVA Federal Services, LLC, Charlotte, NC (United States)

AREVA Inc. developed this study for the US Department of Energy (DOE) office of Nuclear Energy (NE) in accordance with Task Order 20 Statement of Work (SOW) covering research and development activities for the Supercritical Carbon Dioxide (sCO2) Brayton Cycle energy conversion. The study addresses the conversion of sCO2 heat energy to electrical output by use of a Brayton Cycle system and focuses on the potential of a net efficiency increase via cycle recuperation and recompression stages. The study also addresses issues and study needed to advance development and implementation of a 10 MWe sCO2 demonstration project.

• Research Organization: USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology (NE) (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE), Reactor Fleet and Advanced Reactor Development. Nuclear Reactor Technologies
• DOE Contract Number: NE0000291
• OSTI ID: 1372347
• Report Number(s): RPT-3011934-000
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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