摘要
气透平-模块氦冷反应堆(GT-MHR)将高温气冷堆与布雷顿(Brayton)动力转换循环系统相结合用于高效发电。GT-MHR满足第4代核能系统(GenIV)关于非能动安全性、良好经济性、高度防核扩散性及改善环境的要求,比现代核电厂所产生的核废料更少,燃料的利用率更高。由于其能够产生高冷却剂出口温度(至少850℃,且仍有更高温度的潜力),模块化氦反应堆系统也能有效地利用高温电解或热化学分解水来制氢。
Gas Turbine-modular Helium Reactors(GT-MHRs) couple high-temperature gas-cooled reactors(HTGRs) with the Brayton power conversion cycle to produce electricity at high efficiency.GT-MHRs can satisfy Generation IV goals of passive safety,good economics,high proliferation-resistance,and improved environmental characteristics,including re-duced waste and better fuel utilization than the current generation of nuclear power plants.Because of their capability to produce high coolant outlet temperatures (at least 850℃ with potential for still higher temperature),their modular helium reactor systems can also efficiently produce hydrogen by high-temperature electrolysis or thermochemical water splitting.
