Comprehensive comparison of various working media and corresponding power cycle layouts for the helium-cooled DEMO reactor

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<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61389021%3A_____%2F21%3A00548211" target="_blank" >RIV/61389021:_____/21:00548211 - isvavai.cz</a>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/68407700:21220/21:00350105

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0920379621000636?via%3Dihub" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0920379621000636?via%3Dihub</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2021.112287" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.fusengdes.2021.112287</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Comprehensive comparison of various working media and corresponding power cycle layouts for the helium-cooled DEMO reactor

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The main goal of this study is to propose a comprehensive view of the benefits of using various working media and thermal cycle layouts for efficient conversion of thermal energy from the helium-cooled DEMO reactor for electricity production. A four-source boundary condition proposed by Bubelis (2018) [1] is used in the power cycle optimization process. Selected power cycle layouts are optimized through a specialized computational optimization code to achieve maximum net power output with variable blanket helium outlet temperature in the range from 380 up to 520 °C. The selected working media are water-steam, supercritical CO2, and helium. The Rankine cycle layout is based on the layout proposed by Rovira (2019) [7] and optimized in the full range of blanket outlet temperature. Investigated S-CO2 cycles are simple Brayton cycle, re-compression cycle, and pre-compression cycle. In the case of the indirect helium cycle, the only reasonable layouts are the simple Brayton cycle and the pre-compression cycle. Study results compare suitability of using the water-steam, S-CO2, and helium cycles for different outlet temperatures of the source as well as a view of their complexity in terms of size and number of components. Presented results show, that the Rankine cycle is the most effective solution from thermodynamics point of view, but S-CO2 cycles can compete with it in size, complexity, cost, and operational flexibility.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Comprehensive comparison of various working media and corresponding power cycle layouts for the helium-cooled DEMO reactor

Popis výsledku anglicky

The main goal of this study is to propose a comprehensive view of the benefits of using various working media and thermal cycle layouts for efficient conversion of thermal energy from the helium-cooled DEMO reactor for electricity production. A four-source boundary condition proposed by Bubelis (2018) [1] is used in the power cycle optimization process. Selected power cycle layouts are optimized through a specialized computational optimization code to achieve maximum net power output with variable blanket helium outlet temperature in the range from 380 up to 520 °C. The selected working media are water-steam, supercritical CO2, and helium. The Rankine cycle layout is based on the layout proposed by Rovira (2019) [7] and optimized in the full range of blanket outlet temperature. Investigated S-CO2 cycles are simple Brayton cycle, re-compression cycle, and pre-compression cycle. In the case of the indirect helium cycle, the only reasonable layouts are the simple Brayton cycle and the pre-compression cycle. Study results compare suitability of using the water-steam, S-CO2, and helium cycles for different outlet temperatures of the source as well as a view of their complexity in terms of size and number of components. Presented results show, that the Rankine cycle is the most effective solution from thermodynamics point of view, but S-CO2 cycles can compete with it in size, complexity, cost, and operational flexibility.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

10305 - Fluids and plasma physics (including surface physics)

Projekt

Výsledek vznikl pri realizaci vícero projektů. Více informací v záložce Projekty.

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2021

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Fusion Engineering and Design

ISSN

0920-3796

e-ISSN

1873-7196

Svazek periodika

166

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

May

Stát vydavatele periodika

CH - Švýcarská konfederace

Počet stran výsledku

7

Strana od-do

112287

Kód UT WoS článku

000640897000006

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85100670908