Nuclear power plant safety improvement based on hydrogen technologies

An effective application for hydrogen technologies at nuclear power plants is proposed, which improves the plant maneuverability during normal operation, and provides for in-house power supply during the plant blackout. The reliability of the NPP's emergency power supply was assessed probabilis...

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Main Authors: R.Z. Aminov, V.E. Yurin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National Research Nuclear University (MEPhI) 2015-09-01
Series:Nuclear Energy and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452303815000175
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description An effective application for hydrogen technologies at nuclear power plants is proposed, which improves the plant maneuverability during normal operation, and provides for in-house power supply during the plant blackout. The reliability of the NPP's emergency power supply was assessed probabilistically for the plant blackout conditions with the simultaneous use of an auxiliary full-time operating steam turbine and the emergency power supply system channels with diesel generators. The proposed system with an additional steam turbine makes it possible to use the reactor core decay heat for the reactor shutdown for 72 h. During the blackout at a plant with several units, the additional steam turbine power required for the unit cool down is maintained by additional steam generated by the combustion of hydrogen in oxygen. It has been shown that the proposed flowchart with an auxiliary full-time operating small-power steam turbine installed at the NPP, combined with an integrated hydrogen facility, improves the reliability of the NPP in-house power supply during blackout accidents.
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spelling doaj.art-27a975b969ca423b88fb3f07500d61f32022-12-21T17:43:41ZengNational Research Nuclear University (MEPhI)Nuclear Energy and Technology2452-30382015-09-0111778110.1016/j.nucet.2015.11.016Nuclear power plant safety improvement based on hydrogen technologiesR.Z. Aminov0V.E. Yurin1Saratov State Technical University n.a. Yu.A. GagarinSaratov State Technical University n.a. Yu.A. GagarinAn effective application for hydrogen technologies at nuclear power plants is proposed, which improves the plant maneuverability during normal operation, and provides for in-house power supply during the plant blackout. The reliability of the NPP's emergency power supply was assessed probabilistically for the plant blackout conditions with the simultaneous use of an auxiliary full-time operating steam turbine and the emergency power supply system channels with diesel generators. The proposed system with an additional steam turbine makes it possible to use the reactor core decay heat for the reactor shutdown for 72 h. During the blackout at a plant with several units, the additional steam turbine power required for the unit cool down is maintained by additional steam generated by the combustion of hydrogen in oxygen. It has been shown that the proposed flowchart with an auxiliary full-time operating small-power steam turbine installed at the NPP, combined with an integrated hydrogen facility, improves the reliability of the NPP in-house power supply during blackout accidents.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452303815000175Emergency power systemHydrogen cycleCombustion chamberNuclear power plantFlexibilitySafetyNPP in-house power backupBlackout
spellingShingle R.Z. Aminov
V.E. Yurin
Nuclear power plant safety improvement based on hydrogen technologies
Nuclear Energy and Technology
Emergency power system
Hydrogen cycle
Combustion chamber
Nuclear power plant
Flexibility
Safety
NPP in-house power backup
Blackout
title Nuclear power plant safety improvement based on hydrogen technologies
title_full Nuclear power plant safety improvement based on hydrogen technologies
title_fullStr Nuclear power plant safety improvement based on hydrogen technologies
title_full_unstemmed Nuclear power plant safety improvement based on hydrogen technologies
title_short Nuclear power plant safety improvement based on hydrogen technologies
title_sort nuclear power plant safety improvement based on hydrogen technologies
topic Emergency power system
Hydrogen cycle
Combustion chamber
Nuclear power plant
Flexibility
Safety
NPP in-house power backup
Blackout
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452303815000175
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