This book is about cogeneration of water and electricity using a nuclear reactor in the context of coupling issues and methods to solve the multi-objective function that will provide an optimized solution in terms of energy and cost of the cogeneration system. A review of the comprehensive literature regarding alternatives of nuclear desalination is presented. Furthermore, advantages and disadvantages of thermal, membrane, and hybrid processes are discussed. A general description of several different nuclear reactors is included along with prospective small modular reactors to be deployed in a near future. The methodology to perform levelized cost analysis is presented for single plants and the use of the power loss concept is presented for the cogeneration analyses. The principal issues about the coupling of nuclear reactors and desalination plants are analysed to find out the arrangement maximizing the water and electricity production along with their corresponding costs. Several techniques for mathematical modelling of the different components of the nuclear power plant and the desalination plant are presented based on mass and energy state equations. A proposed method to evaluate the steam currents for the coupling is present, it is based on correlations for a specific temperature range instead to use state equation, this mathematical treatment can reduce the associated error from 2% to 0.009%. The maximum error associated with this form of calculation was 2% close to the critical point. However, nuclear reactors do not work near the critical point, so a reliable result is assured. The mathematical modelling of the multi-objective function is developed and two optimization techniques are presented, genetic algorithm and tabu search, to solve the problem. A comparison on the use of large and small pressurized nuclear reactors for cogeneration is presented showing advantages and disadvantages in both cases. The main contribution is to present in a self-contained book all the necessary elements to be able to perform thermo-economic analysis for cogeneration of water and electricity using nuclear reactors.
Comment to the Elsevier proposed Book Nuclear Desalination – An alternative for cogeneration of water and electricity
D'Auria F.
Primo
Conceptualization
2019-01-01
Abstract
This book is about cogeneration of water and electricity using a nuclear reactor in the context of coupling issues and methods to solve the multi-objective function that will provide an optimized solution in terms of energy and cost of the cogeneration system. A review of the comprehensive literature regarding alternatives of nuclear desalination is presented. Furthermore, advantages and disadvantages of thermal, membrane, and hybrid processes are discussed. A general description of several different nuclear reactors is included along with prospective small modular reactors to be deployed in a near future. The methodology to perform levelized cost analysis is presented for single plants and the use of the power loss concept is presented for the cogeneration analyses. The principal issues about the coupling of nuclear reactors and desalination plants are analysed to find out the arrangement maximizing the water and electricity production along with their corresponding costs. Several techniques for mathematical modelling of the different components of the nuclear power plant and the desalination plant are presented based on mass and energy state equations. A proposed method to evaluate the steam currents for the coupling is present, it is based on correlations for a specific temperature range instead to use state equation, this mathematical treatment can reduce the associated error from 2% to 0.009%. The maximum error associated with this form of calculation was 2% close to the critical point. However, nuclear reactors do not work near the critical point, so a reliable result is assured. The mathematical modelling of the multi-objective function is developed and two optimization techniques are presented, genetic algorithm and tabu search, to solve the problem. A comparison on the use of large and small pressurized nuclear reactors for cogeneration is presented showing advantages and disadvantages in both cases. The main contribution is to present in a self-contained book all the necessary elements to be able to perform thermo-economic analysis for cogeneration of water and electricity using nuclear reactors.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
