Preliminary design of supercritical CO2 axial compressor for fusion and nuclear power plants

0578065 - ÚFP 2024 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Syblík, J. - Štěpánek, J. - Veselý, L. - Entler, Slavomír - Dostál, V.
Preliminary design of supercritical CO2 axial compressor for fusion and nuclear power plants.
Fusion Engineering and Design. Roč. 192, July (2023), č. článku 113770. ISSN 0920-3796. E-ISSN 1873-7196
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT EF16_019/0000778
Institutional support: RVO:61389021
Keywords : Axial compressor * demo * Fusion * Nuclear * Optimization * Supercritical CO 2
OECD category: Nuclear physics
Impact factor: 1.7, year: 2022
Method of publishing: Limited access
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Modern demands for the production of electricity and heat require such energy sources that meet low-emission operation without a carbon footprint. Such sources are, for example, today's nuclear power plants or fusion power plants expected in the future. One of the key parameters of these facilities are the efficiency and investment costs of a power conversion system. This article deals with the possibility of using supercritical carbon dioxide as a heat transfer medium in the power conversion system. This work describes the actual state of research in this field, followed by the optimization of preliminary design of a compressor for such a connection. An optimization method lead to a two stages axial compressor, reaching the efficiency of 88.7 %.
Permanent Link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0347090