Feasibility Study of Supercritical Light Water Cooled Reactors for Electric Power Production

MacDonald, Philip ; Buongiorno, Jacopo ; Sterbentz, James ; Davis, Cliff ; Witt, Robert ; Was, Gary ; McKinley, J. ; Teysseyre, S. ; Oriani, Luca ; Kucukboyaci, Vefa ; Conway, Lawrence ; Liu, N. Jonsson: Bin

Westinghouse Electric Company LLC (United States)

关键词: Water;    Electric Power;    Coolants;    Production;    Thermal Efficiency;   

DOI  :  10.2172/835712
RP-ID  :  DOE/SF/22533
RP-ID  :  FG07-02SF22533
RP-ID  :  835712

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The supercritical water reactor (SCWR) has been the object of interest throughout the nuclear Generation IV community because of its high potential: a simple, direct cycle, compact configuration; elimination of many traditional LWR components, operation at coolant temperatures much higher than traditional LWRs and thus high thermal efficiency. It could be said that the SWR was viewed as the water counterpart to the high temperature gas reactor.