Design and analysis of helium Brayton power cycles for HiPER reactor

Sánchez, Consuelo, Juarez Mañas, Rafael, Sanz, Javier and Perlado Martín, José Manuel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6907-4153 (2013). Design and analysis of helium Brayton power cycles for HiPER reactor. "Fusion Engineering and Design", v. 88 (n. 9-10); pp. 2679-2683. ISSN 0920-3796. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2012.12.007.

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Title: Design and analysis of helium Brayton power cycles for HiPER reactor
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Item Type: Article
Título de Revista/Publicación: Fusion Engineering and Design
Date: October 2013
ISSN: 0920-3796
Volume: 88
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Freetext Keywords: Helium Brayton cycle; Inter-cooling; Reheating; Thermal efficiency cycle; Power conversion system
Faculty: Instituto de Fusión Nuclear (UPM)
Department: Otro
Creative Commons Licenses: Recognition - No derivative works - Non commercial

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Abstract

Helium Brayton cycles have been studied as power cycles for both fission and fusion reactors obtaining high thermal efficiency. This paper studies several technological schemes of helium Brayton cycles applied for the HiPER reactor proposal. Since HiPER integrates technologies available at short term, its working conditions results in a very low maximum temperature of the energy sources, something that limits the thermal performance of the cycle. The aim of this work is to analyze the potential of the helium Brayton cycles as power cycles for HiPER. Several helium Brayton cycle configurations have been investigated with the purpose of raising the cycle thermal efficiency under the working conditions of HiPER. The effects of inter-cooling and reheating have specifically been studied. Sensitivity analyses of the key cycle parameters and component performances on the maximum thermal efficiency have also been carried out. The addition of several inter-cooling stages in a helium Brayton cycle has allowed obtaining a maximum thermal efficiency of over 36%, and the inclusion of a reheating process may also yield an added increase of nearly 1 percentage point to reach 37%. These results confirm that helium Brayton cycles are to be considered among the power cycle candidates for HiPER.

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Item ID: 25681
DC Identifier: https://oa.upm.es/25681/
OAI Identifier: oai:oa.upm.es:25681
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2012.12.007
Official URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S...
Deposited by: Memoria Investigacion
Deposited on: 21 Apr 2015 17:58
Last Modified: 06 Sep 2017 15:28
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