COMPARISON OF S-CO2 POWER CYCLES FOR NUCLEAR ENERGY

Authors

  • Ladislav Vesely CTU in Prague, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technicka 4, Prague 6, Czech Republic
  • Vaclav Dostal
  • Slavomir Entler Institute of Plasma Physics CAS, Za Slovankou 3, 182 00 Prague 8, Czech Republic

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14311/AP.2016.4.0107

Abstract

The supercritical carbon dioxide (S-CO2) is a possible cooling system for the new generations of nuclear reactors and fusion reactors. The S-CO2 power cycles have several advantages over other possible coolants such as water and helium. The advantages are the compression work, which is lower than in the case of helium, near the critical point and the S-CO2 is more compact than water and helium. The disadvantage is so called Pinch point which occurs in the regenerative heat exchanger. The pinch point can be eliminated by an arrangement of the cycle or using a mixture of CO2. This paper describes the S-CO2 power cycles for nuclear fission and fusion reactors.

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Published

2016-12-16

How to Cite

Vesely, L., Dostal, V., & Entler, S. (2016). COMPARISON OF S-CO2 POWER CYCLES FOR NUCLEAR ENERGY. Acta Polytechnica CTU Proceedings, 4, 107–112. https://doi.org/10.14311/AP.2016.4.0107

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