Modular High-temperature Gas-cooled Reactor Power Plant

• Main Authors: Kugeler, Kurt (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Zhang, Zuoyi (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Nuclear energy.; Energy systems.; Nuclear chemistry.; Thermodynamics.; Heat engineering.; Heat transfer.; Mass transfer.; Nuclear Energy.; Energy Systems.; Nuclear Chemistry.; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer.

"Power Plants with Modular High-Temperature Reactors" introduces the power plants driven by modular high-temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTR), which are characterized by their inherent safety features and high output temperatures. HTRs have the potential to be adopted near demand side to...

Table of Contents:

• General Aspects of High Temperature Reactors
• Physical Aspects of Core Layout
• Thermo Hydraulic Aspects of Core Layout
• Fuel Elements
• Internals of Reactor and Core Relevant Components
• Primary Enclosure
• Components of Helium Cycle
• Reactor Containment Building
• Power Conversion Cycle
• Operational Aspects
• Safety Aspects and Analysis of Accidents
• Fuel Cycles and Waste Management of Spent HTR-Fuel Elements
• Economic Aspects of Power Plants and Examples of Optimization
• Experience from the HTR-Development Until Now
• Overview on Some Experimental Results on Safety Aspects of Modular HTR
• Literature
• Collection of Some Important Data.