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.

Original Title

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

Type

conference paper

Language

English

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 %).

Keywords

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

Authors

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

Released

19. 7. 2019

Publisher

Institute of Physics Publishing

Location

Malaysia

ISBN

1757-8981

Periodical

IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering

Year of study

1

Number

555

State

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Pages from

12005

Pages to

120011

Pages count

6

URL

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/555/1/012005

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT162603,
  author="Jamaluddin, K. and Wan Alwi, S.R., Hamzah, K. and Manan, Z.A. and Klemeš, J.J.",
  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",
  journal="IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering",
  volume="1",
  number="555",
  pages="12005--120011",
  publisher="Institute of Physics Publishing",
  address="Malaysia",
  doi="10.1088/1757-899X/555/1/012005",
  issn="1757-8981",
  url="https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/555/1/012005"
}