The Possibility to use a Nuclear Power Plant as a Source of Electrical Energy and Heat

Minkiewicz, Tomasz; Reński, Andrzej

doi:10.12736/issn.2300-3022.2014310

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“…Since the exact thermal load profile for the UOIT campus is not available, a typical thermal load profile, combination of residential and commercial load data, from the HOMER Pro software library is captured. It is very unusual to realize a thermal demand for a particular project location, where the thermal demand is higher than the electric demand [23]. Thus, the average thermal demand studied here is lower than the base case analysis's electric demand, hence, the average thermal demand was less than the electric demand.…”

Section: System Load Profilementioning

confidence: 81%

Micro Nuclear Reactors: Potential Replacements for Diesel Gensets within Micro Energy Grids

Abdussami

Adham

2020

Energies

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Resilient operation of medium/large scale off-grid energy systems, which is a key challenge for energy crisis solutions, requires continuous and sustainable energy resources. Conventionally, micro energy grids (MEGs) are adopted to supply electricity and thermal energy simultaneously. Fossil-fired gensets, such as diesel generators, are indispensable components for off-grid MEGs due to the intermittent nature of renewable energy sources (RESs). However, fossil-fired gensets emit a significant amount of greenhouse gases (GHGs). Therefore, this study investigates an alternative source as an economical and environmental replacement for diesel gensets that can reduce GHG emissions and ensure system reliability. A MEG is developed in this paper to support a considerably large-scale electric and thermal demand at Ontario Tech University (UOIT). Different sizes of diesel gensets and RESs, such as solar, wind, hydro, and biomass, are combined in the MEG for off-grid applications. To evaluate diesel gensets’ competency, the diesel genset is substituted by an emission-free generation source named microreactor (MR). The fossil-fired MEG and MR-based MEG are optimized by an intelligent optimization technique, namely particle swarm optimization (PSO). The objective of the PSO is to minimize the net present cost (NPC). The simulation results show that MR-based MEG could be an excellent replacement for a diesel genset in terms of NPC and selected key performance indicators (KPIs). A comprehensive sensitivity analysis is also carried out to validate the simulation results.

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Section: System Load Profilementioning

confidence: 81%

Micro Nuclear Reactors: Potential Replacements for Diesel Gensets within Micro Energy Grids

Abdussami

Adham

2020

Energies

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“…This makes the concept of a NDH facility more difficult, where thermal losses can reach up to 30% if water retention time within the transportation system is high [91]. That said, both Minkiewwicz and Reński & Hirsch et al demonstrate that long distance transport of heat can be achieved in certain cases [93,94]. In terms of efficiency, Jaskólksi et al illustrated that NDH systems will increase overall plant efficiency by 5%, where 250 MWh th can be utilised [95].…”

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confidence: 99%

The commercialisation of fusion for the energy market: a review of socio-economic studies

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Progress in the development of fusion energy has gained momentum in recent years. However questions remain across key subject areas that will affect the path to commercial fusion energy. The purpose of this review is to expose socio-economic areas that need further research, and from this assist in making recommendations to the fusion community, (and policy makers and regulators) in order to redirect and orient fusion for commercialisation: When commercialised, what form does it take? Where does it fit into a future energy system? Compared to other technologies, how much will fusion cost? Why do it? When is it likely that fusion reaches commercialisation? Investigations that have sought to answer these questions carry looming uncertainty, mainly stemming from the technoeconomics of emerging fusion technology in the private-sector, and due to the potential for applications outside of electricity generation coming into consideration. Such topics covered include hydrogen, desalination, and process-heat applications.

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“…Since the original thermal load profile for the UOIT campus is not available, a typical thermal load profile is captured from the HOMER Pro software library. Since electric demand is higher than thermal demand for most of the usual cases [29], the average thermal demand is as assumed lower than the electric demand.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The capital cost, replacement cost, O&M cost, and lifetime of the H2E are 1932 $/kWh, 1932 $/kWh, 0.9 $/kW/Year, and 15 years [81], [82], sequentially. The power generated from an H2E unit by utilizing surplus thermal energy can be expressed by (28)(29).…”

Section: Electricity-to-heat (E2h) and Heat-to-electricity (H2e) Unitmentioning

confidence: 99%

Optimal Planning of Nuclear-Renewable Micro-Hybrid Energy System by Particle Swarm Optimization

Abdussami

Adham

2020

IEEE Access

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To minimize the anticipated shocks to economic, environmental, and social systems for developing and least developed countries, the reduction of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions is mandatory to a large extend. The nuclear-renewable integrated system is proficient in optimal energy distribution to multiple production schemes to reduce GHG emissions and maximize profit. This paper addresses the hybridization of the micronuclear reactor and Renewable Energy Sources (RESs) Energy Sources (RESs) to develop a flexible, cost-effective, sustainable, and resilient off-grid Hybrid Energy System (HES). The paper presents three types of hybridization methods, termed "Direct Coupling," "Single Resource and Multiple products-based Coupling," and "Multiple Resources and Multiple products-based Coupling." The hybridization techniques are used to plan and identify the most efficient Nuclear-Renewable Micro-Hybrid Energy System (N-R MHES). The sizing, performance, and characterization of N-R MHES solely depend on the RES and load characteristics' availability. Based on proposed hybridization techniques, mathematical modeling of N-R MHES's economy is carried out in the MATLAB environment. An artificial intelligence optimization algorithm, namely Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), is used to minimize the Net Present Cost (NPC) and achieve the optimal system configurations of different N-R MHESs. The simulation results determine that "Multiple Resources and Multiple Products-based N-R MHES" provides around 1.8 times and 1.3 times lower NPC than "Single Resource and Multiple products-based Coupling" and "Multiple Resources and Multiple products-based Coupling," respectively, with an acceptable margin of reliability. A sensitivity analysis has also been conducted in this paper to strengthen the findings of the study.

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The Possibility to use a Nuclear Power Plant as a Source of Electrical Energy and Heat

Cited by 7 publications

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Micro Nuclear Reactors: Potential Replacements for Diesel Gensets within Micro Energy Grids

Micro Nuclear Reactors: Potential Replacements for Diesel Gensets within Micro Energy Grids

The commercialisation of fusion for the energy market: a review of socio-economic studies

Optimal Planning of Nuclear-Renewable Micro-Hybrid Energy System by Particle Swarm Optimization

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