Thermodynamic performance analysis of OPR1000

Author

Shamim, J.A. ; Bhowmik, P.K. ; Gairola, A. ; Suh, K.Y.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Nucl. Eng., Seoul Nat. Univ., Seoul, South Korea

fYear

2014

Firstpage

208

Lastpage

213

Abstract

Design characteristics and secondary side cycle efficiency of OPR1000 are analyzed based on mass and energy conservation equations. Detailed mathematical formulation and solution procedure is presented which can also be applied to any thermal power plants having re-heaters, moisture separators and feed water heaters. For the sake of simplicity, exergy analysis and irreversibilities associated with different components of the steam generators and turbine cycle sections are not taken into account. Additional constraints such as the quality of steam at exits of different turbine stages are considered. It is anticipated that this article will pave the way for further amelioration of the cycle efficiency in existing NPPs.

Keywords

nuclear power stations; nuclear reactor steam generators; nuclear thermodynamics; NPP; OPR1000; energy conservation equations; exergy analysis; feed water heaters; mass conservation equations; moisture separators; steam generators; thermal power plants; thermodynamic performance analysis; turbine cycle sections; cycle efficiency; exergy; irreversibility; nuclear power plant; steam quality;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Engineering and Renewable Energy (ICPERE), 2014 International Conference on

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICPERE.2014.7067198

Filename

7067198