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Optimization of the supercritical CO2 power conversion system based on the net efficiency under conditions of the pulse-operated fusion power reactor DEMO

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    SYSNO ASEP0548225
    Document TypeJ - Journal Article
    R&D Document TypeJournal Article
    Subsidiary JČlánek ve WOS
    TitleOptimization of the supercritical CO2 power conversion system based on the net efficiency under conditions of the pulse-operated fusion power reactor DEMO
    Author(s) Entler, Slavomír (UFP-V) ORCID
    Syblik, J. (CZ)
    Dostál, V. (CZ)
    Štepánek, J. (CZ)
    Zacha, P. (CZ)
    Number of authors5
    Article number116884
    Source TitleApplied Thermal Engineering. - : Elsevier - ISSN 1359-4311
    Roč. 194, July (2021)
    Number of pages13 s.
    Languageeng - English
    CountryGB - United Kingdom
    KeywordsBrayton ; Brute-force ; co2 ; Conversion ; Cycle ; demo ; Efficiency ; Fusion ; Net ; Nuclear ; Optimization ; pcs ; Power ; Pulse ; Recompression ; Recuperative ; Simple ; Storage ; Supercritical
    Subject RIVBL - Plasma and Gas Discharge Physics
    OECD categoryFluids and plasma physics (including surface physics)
    R&D ProjectsEF16_019/0000778 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS)
    Method of publishingOpen access
    Institutional supportUFP-V - RVO:61389021
    UT WOS000660532500002
    EID SCOPUS85107147279
    DOI10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2021.116884
    AnnotationFusion power plants represent a new energy technology with specific features including multiple heat sources with different outlet temperature and power, fluctuating high self-consumption, and in the case of the demonstration fusion power plant, the pulse operation of the heat sources. The supercritical CO2 (S-CO2) Brayton cycle was applied and optimized under DEMO conditions with the nuclear net efficiency as the main optimization criterion. The optimization was performed for helium-cooled and water-cooled reactor blanket concepts, and for simple and recompression S-CO2 cycle layouts with four heat sources. The optimization process used a brute-force search problem-solving technique applied to multiparametric space. The model data was taken from the European model of the fusion power plant DEMO1 2019. When applying the simple S-CO2 cycle, the net efficiency of the model power plant with the helium-cooled and water-cooled blanket was found to be 19.5% and 12.3%, respectively, whereas when applying the recompression S-CO2 cycle, the net efficiency was found to be 16.4% and 8.1%, respectively. The simple S-CO2 cycle provided higher net efficiency for the model fusion power plants with the given configuration of multiple heat sources than the recompression S-CO2 cycle, and the model power plants using the helium-cooled blanket achieved higher net efficiency compared to the power plants using the water-cooled blanket despite significantly higher self-consumption. The application of the simple S-CO2 cycle allowed the model fusion power plant with the helium-cooled blanket to achieve the net efficiency higher than the reference net efficiency of 17.9% of the current DEMO model using the steam cycle. For the power plants with the water-cooled blankets, S-CO2 cycles were found to be less efficient than the steam cycles.
    WorkplaceInstitute of Plasma Physics
    ContactVladimíra Kebza, kebza@ipp.cas.cz, Tel.: 266 052 975
    Year of Publishing2022
    Electronic addresshttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S135943112100332X?via%3Dihub
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