Estimation of Thermal Efficiencies of SMRs Through the DE-TOP Program

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Published: Jun 23, 2019

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Kyumin Chun
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Laurieann Petriw
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
S.M. Sabir
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Igor Pioro
University of Ontario Institute of Technology

Abstract

Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) are today a very 'hot' topic in nuclear engineering worldwide. In general, as of today, a number of small nuclear-power reactors by installed capacity (10 - 300 MWel) operate around the world. Moreover, some of them operate successfully for about 50 years! However, they cannot be named as SMRs.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has developed a program Desalination Thermodynamic Optimization Program (DE-TOP) to estimate thermal efficiencies of various Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs) and thermal power plants. Previously, this program was verified through a comparison of actual values of thermal efficiencies of selected power plants with those calculated through the program.

Therefore, it was proposed to apply this program for two Russian Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR)-SMRs. The current paper presents these calculations.

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2019: Annual Conference of the Canadian Nuclear Society
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