Method of operating a nuclear power installation and a power plant adapted for such operation
US4229257A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 1, 1978 |
| Grant date | Oct 21, 1980 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 1, 1998 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E30/00
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A primary working gas is heated in a high-temperature nuclear reactor and ives at least one primary turbine set to operate an electrical generator to generate electric power. Heat is abstracted from the primary gas by recuperative heat exchange and the primary gas is compressed and heated by the recuperative heat exchange and introduced into the nuclear reactor for further heating therein. Upon the development of an increased electrical power demand, a secondary gas is heated by the recuperative heat exchange and drives an auxiliary turbine set and electric power generator to supply this peak demand.
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