Publication detail

A new framework for optimisation of Pressurised Water Reactor design as a trigeneration system

Jamaluddin, K. Wan Alwi, S.R. Hamzah, K. Manan, Z.A. Klemeš, J.J.

English title

A new framework for optimisation of Pressurised Water Reactor design as a trigeneration system

Type

conference paper

Language

en

Original abstract

Conventional nuclear power reactors convert between 30 – 35 % only of the total energy input into electricity while the remaining was wasted. The waste heat is sometimes used for desalination processes while the remaining heat is transferred to a cooling media or lost to the surrounding. Therefore, heat from nuclear reactor can be used to produce heat and power, as well as for cooling in a trigeneration system. This paper presents the Trigeneration System Cascade Analysis (TriGenSCA) for an optimal Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR) design. The TriGenSCA framework allows engineers to determine an optimum utility generation system size and estimate the required amount of external utilities. The analysis includes data extraction, cascade analysis for size estimation and calculation of the new trigeneration system size. The technique also enables users to determine accurate results for energy minimisation based on demand fluctuations. Application of the framework on a case study presented on this paper demonstrates the trigeneration PWR system successfully saved energy of 328GWh/y (97 %).

English abstract

Conventional nuclear power reactors convert between 30 – 35 % only of the total energy input into electricity while the remaining was wasted. The waste heat is sometimes used for desalination processes while the remaining heat is transferred to a cooling media or lost to the surrounding. Therefore, heat from nuclear reactor can be used to produce heat and power, as well as for cooling in a trigeneration system. This paper presents the Trigeneration System Cascade Analysis (TriGenSCA) for an optimal Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR) design. The TriGenSCA framework allows engineers to determine an optimum utility generation system size and estimate the required amount of external utilities. The analysis includes data extraction, cascade analysis for size estimation and calculation of the new trigeneration system size. The technique also enables users to determine accurate results for energy minimisation based on demand fluctuations. Application of the framework on a case study presented on this paper demonstrates the trigeneration PWR system successfully saved energy of 328GWh/y (97 %).

Keywords in English

Desalination; Nuclear fuels; Waste heat; Cascade analysis; Data extraction; Energy minimisation; Generation systems; Nuclear power reactors; Pressurised water reactor; Size estimation; Trigeneration systems; Pressurized water reactors

Released

19.07.2019

Publisher

Institute of Physics Publishing

Location

Malaysia

ISSN

1757-8981

Book

IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering

Volume

1

Number

555

Pages from–to

12005–120011

Pages count

6

BIBTEX


@inproceedings{BUT162603,
  author="Jiří {Klemeš},
  title="A new framework for optimisation of Pressurised Water Reactor design as a trigeneration system",
  booktitle="IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering",
  year="2019",
  volume="1",
  number="555",
  month="July",
  pages="12005--120011",
  publisher="Institute of Physics Publishing",
  address="Malaysia",
  issn="1757-8981"
}