• Title of article

    Feasibilityanalysisoftwo-phaseMHDenergyconversionforliquidmetalcooledreactorsOriginalResearchArticle

  • Author/Authors

    QiaoWu، نويسنده , , DuWayneL.Schubring، نويسنده , , JamesJ.Sienicki، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2007
  • Pages
    6
  • From page
    2114
  • To page
    2119
  • Abstract
    Atwo-phaseMHDenergyconversionunitisproposedtoaliquidmetalcooledfastreactor.UsingsupercriticalCO2astheworkingfluidinthegascyclewithoutconsideringfrictionandheatlosses,theoptimizedcyclesefficiencyisobtained,whichisabout5%higherthanthatofthegasturbineBraytoncyclewiththesameregenerator/compressorconfigurations.BasedonasimpleMHDpoweranalysisandthetwo-phasehomogeneousflowmodel,theimportantsystemoperationalconditionswereestimated.Theresultssuggestthataliquidleadpumpofatleast20%oftheMHDpoweroutputisneededinordertoconvertthe400MWreactorheatintoelectricityatthespecifiedthermalefficiency,unlessamixturefoamflowofvoidfractiongreaterthan80%isachievableatveryhighmixturevelocity.
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Serial Year
    2007
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Record number

    941379