Abstract
A number of technologies are being investigated for the Next Generation Nuclear Plant (NGNP) that will produce heated fluids at significantly higher temperatures than current generation power plants. The higher temperatures offer the opportunity to significantly improve the thermodynamic efficiency of the energy conversion cycle. Selection of the technology and design configuration for the NGNP must consider both the cost and risk profiles to ensure that the demonstration plant establishes a sound foundation for future commercial deployments. The NGNP challenge is to achieve a significant advancement in nuclear technology while at the same time setting the stage for an economically viable deployment of the new technology in the commercial sector soon after 2020. Energy is the elixir of life for the world’s economy and for individual prosperity. Efforts being made for greater energy efficiency—especially in industrial countries—have indeed proved effective: as evidenced by the fact that energy consumption throughout the world is growing slower than gross domestic products. At the same time, however: the hunger for energy in quickly growing economies is leading to shifts in energy mix—which drives undesired CO2 emissions upward. In conversion of primary energy to final and useful energy, technology from universities and national laboratories plus industry toward design of NGP has made key contributions to efficient handling of the resources of our planet.
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While the Department of Nuclear Engineering of University of New Mexico under leadership of Dr. McDaniel along with this author are involved in open Air Barton Cycle, Sandia National Laboratory is in pursue of CO2 closed loop.
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Note that any such value of overall coefficient U has to be uniquely associated with its reference surface area A, but the product UA is independent of reference area, having dimensions W/K or kW/K in metric or KMS.
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Zohuri, B. (2016). Effective Design of Compact Heat Exchangers for NGNP. In: Application of Compact Heat Exchangers For Combined Cycle Driven Efficiency In Next Generation Nuclear Power Plants. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23537-0_7
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