Economics of reusing spent nuclear fuel by Teplator for district heating applications
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F49777513%3A23220%2F22%3A43964985" target="_blank" >RIV/49777513:23220/22:43964985 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/er.7521" target="_blank" >https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/er.7521</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/er.7521" target="_blank" >10.1002/er.7521</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Economics of reusing spent nuclear fuel by Teplator for district heating applications
Original language description
The Teplator is a nuclear heat-only reactor under development in the Czech Republic, which uses already irradiated spent nuclear fuel (SNF). This study aims to assess the feasibility of integrating this technology with district heating systems (DHSs) compared with other heating technologies. Therefore, the heating sector in the Czech Republic is evaluated, the need for alternative clean energy sources is explained, and some potential candidate locations for implementing the proposed technology are determined. The availability of the required SNF is investigated. An economic model based on cash flows is developed for evaluating different heat sources. The method includes the essential costs: investment, fuel, operation, maintenance, carbon emission, and additional expenses. The economics of the Teplator is calculated compared with gas, biomass, heat pump, and electric-based district heating show that Teplator has less expenditure of 55% and 42% than gas boilers and heat pumps. Moreover, 217 kg of CO2 emissions is saved per MWh compared with gas-based heating. Sensitivity analyses of interest rate, fuel price, construction cost, etc., representing variant scenarios are performed. Although in some cases, for example, when the interest rate is >10%, or 0% salvage value is assumed for Teplator, heat pumps are competitive, Teplator is feasible in many probable scenarios.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
20305 - Nuclear related engineering; (nuclear physics to be 1.3);
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/TK03030109" target="_blank" >TK03030109: Development of technological unit for innovative energy storage using phase change of material</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENERGY RESEARCH
ISSN
0363-907X
e-ISSN
1099-114X
Volume of the periodical
46
Issue of the periodical within the volume
5
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
18
Pages from-to
5771-5788
UT code for WoS article
000727130800001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85120658273