TY - GEN
T1 - Design and operation of an electric peaking/industrial steam prodution unit for smrs
AU - Frick, Konor
AU - Michael Doster, J.
AU - Sitton, Shannon M.Bragg
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 American Nuclear Society. All rights reserved.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Various methods of Thermal Energy Storage (TES) can be coupled to nuclear (or renewable) power sources to help absorb grid variability caused by daily load demand changes and renewable intermittency. Our previous research has shown that coupling a sensible heat TES system to a Small Modular Reactor (SMR) allows the reactor to run at effectively nominal full power during periods of variable electric demand by bypassing steam to the TES system during periods of excess capacity. In this paper we demonstrate that this stored thermal energy can be recovered; allowing the TES system to act as a peaking unit during periods of high electric demand, or used to produce steam for ancillary applications such as desalination. For both applications the reactor can operate continuously at approximately 100% power.
AB - Various methods of Thermal Energy Storage (TES) can be coupled to nuclear (or renewable) power sources to help absorb grid variability caused by daily load demand changes and renewable intermittency. Our previous research has shown that coupling a sensible heat TES system to a Small Modular Reactor (SMR) allows the reactor to run at effectively nominal full power during periods of variable electric demand by bypassing steam to the TES system during periods of excess capacity. In this paper we demonstrate that this stored thermal energy can be recovered; allowing the TES system to act as a peaking unit during periods of high electric demand, or used to produce steam for ancillary applications such as desalination. For both applications the reactor can operate continuously at approximately 100% power.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85050121533
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85050121533
T3 - Proceedings of the 2018 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants, ICAPP 2018
SP - 421
EP - 430
BT - Proceedings of the 2018 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants, ICAPP 2018
PB - American Nuclear Society
T2 - 2018 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants, ICAPP 2018
Y2 - 8 April 2018 through 11 April 2018
ER -