SOLAR-NUCLEAR HYBRID POWER PLANT

摘要

A solar-nuclear hybrid plant includes a nuclear energy loop, a solar energy loop, and an electrical generation loop. The three loops are closed loops. The nuclear energy loop transfers energy to the electrical generation loop through a steam generator. The solar energy loop transfers energy to either the nuclear energy loop and/or the electrical generation loop through one or more heat exchangers in the appropriate loop. This cogeneration plant has higher efficiency compared to a nuclear power plant alone.

主权项

1. A solar-nuclear hybrid electrical generation plant, comprising:
a nuclear energy loop including a primary fluid that runs through a nuclear reactor and a steam generator downstream of the nuclear reactor; a solar energy loop including heat transfer fluid that runs through a solar receiver and at least one heat exchanger downstream of the solar receiver; and an electrical generation loop including a secondary fluid that runs through the steam generator of the nuclear energy loop and at least one turbine downstream of the steam generator; wherein at least one of the primary fluid and the secondary fluid also runs through the at least one heat exchanger in the solar energy loop, so that heat energy is transferred from the heat transfer fluid to the primary fluid or the secondary fluid.