Thermodynamic Analysis of Advanced Gas Turbine Combined Cycle Integration with a High-Temperature Nuclear Reactor and Cogeneration Unit

The EU has implemented targets to achieve a 20% share of energy from renewable sources by 2020, and 32% by 2030. Additionally, in the EU countries by 2050, more than 80% of electrical energy should be generated using non-greenhouse gases emission technology. At the same time, energy cost remains a c...

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Published inEnergies (Basel) Vol. 13; no. 2; p. 400
Main Authors Jaszczur, Marek, Dudek, Michał, Kolenda, Zygmunt
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.01.2020
Subjects
Carbon dioxide
Coal
Coal gasification
Cogeneration
Combined cycle
Crude oil
Efficiency
Electricity distribution
Energy
Energy consumption
Energy conversion
gas turbine combined cycle
Gas turbines
Graphite
Greenhouse effect
Greenhouse gases
Heat
Heat recovery systems
High temperature nuclear reactors
high-temperature nuclear reactor
Industrial plant emissions
Lignite
Natural gas
Nuclear energy
Nuclear power plants
Nuclear reactors
Power plants
Reactors
Technology
Thermodynamic efficiency
Turbines
Japan
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Summary:The EU has implemented targets to achieve a 20% share of energy from renewable sources by 2020, and 32% by 2030. Additionally, in the EU countries by 2050, more than 80% of electrical energy should be generated using non-greenhouse gases emission technology. At the same time, energy cost remains a crucial economic issue. From a practical point of view, the most effective technology for energy conversion is based on a gas turbine combined cycle. This technology uses natural gas, crude oil or coal gasification product but in any case, generates a significant amount of toxic gases to the atmosphere. In this study, the environmentally friendly power generation system composed of a high-temperature nuclear reactor HTR integrated with gas turbine combined cycle technology and cogeneration unit is thermodynamically analysed. The proposed solution is one of the most efficient ways for energy conversion, and what is also important it can be easily integrated with HTR. The results of analysis show that it is possible to obtain for analysed cycles thermal efficiency higher than 50% which is not only much more than could be proposed by typical lignite or hard coal power plant but is also more than can be offered by nuclear technology.
ISSN:1996-1073
1996-1073
DOI:10.3390/en13020400