The fuel system
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The overall aim of this research project is thus to study the concept of integrating a solid-state metal hydride electrode and a unitised regenerative fuel cell into a single system, and investigate its performance as a reversible store for electrical energy.
148p runthenight07 01-03-2023 7 3 Download
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This research explores whether Environmental Management Accounting can be applied to assist an Australian cogeneration company in improving both its financial performance as well as its environmental performance. Cogeneration or 'combined heat and power', in this particular case, involves the simultaneous production of heat and electricity using a single fuel, that is, natural gas. The heat generated is then used to produce steam to meet the customers' requirements as well as boost the production of electricity.
247p runthenight04 02-02-2023 7 2 Download
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Object and scope: Small ship diesel engines with the range of power from 50 hp to 100 hp; traditional diesel fuel with 0.05% sulfur content, ULSD with 0.001% sulfur content, and Biodiesel originated from coconut oil; fabrication of ultrasonic wave-based equipment/system to produce homogeneous fuel blend;fuel supply system, exhaust system, and control and test system of the engine; testing equipment for engine power and emissions parameters.
27p closefriend09 16-11-2021 17 4 Download
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This paper studies the effect of the change in air-fuel ratio on the engine and automobiles vibrations. Principle of vibration analysis is used to determine the system behavior. Air-fuel ratio is studied, as an input parameter, for stoichiometric, rich and lean fuels.
9p lucastanguyen 01-06-2020 26 2 Download
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In this paper, we propose an analysis of the impact of spatial variation and temporal evolution of thermal properties of fuel pins on a CFV-like core behavior during an ULOF accident. These effects are usually neglected under some a priori conservative assumptions.
8p christabelhuynh 30-05-2020 9 0 Download
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This paper discusses concepts for three-component fuel bundles containing plutonium, uranium and thorium for use in pressurised heavy water reactors, and cases for and against implementation of such a nuclear energy system in the United Kingdom.
12p christabelhuynh 30-05-2020 7 0 Download
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The radio nuclei present in the damaged fuel are supposed to be released into the main heat transport system and after that into the containment building in the worst case scenario. Assessing the radioactive nuclei maximum release is the purpose of the present paper.
7p christabelhuynh 31-05-2020 9 1 Download
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This presents the advantage of decoupling the management of the minor actinides from the conventional fuel and not impacting the core reactivity coefficients. In both cases, the design and analyses of potential transmutation systems have been carried out in the frame of Gen IV fast reactor using a “perturbation” approach in which nominal power reactor parameters are modified to accommodate the loading of minor actinides.
8p christabelhuynh 31-05-2020 24 1 Download
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INPRO has developed heterogeneous global model to capture countries’ different policies regarding the back end of the nuclear fuel cycle in regional and global scenarios of nuclear energy evolution and applied in a number of studies performed by participants of the project. This paper will highlight the model and major conclusions obtained in the studies.
7p christabelhuynh 31-05-2020 12 0 Download
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After a tsunami caused plant black out at Fukushima, followed by hydrogen explosions, the US Department of Energy partnered with fuel vendors to study safer alternatives to the current UO2-zirconium alloy system.
8p christabelhuynh 30-05-2020 9 0 Download
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This article shows how the most recent gadolinium cross sections evaluations appear inadequate to provide accurate criticality calculations for a system with gadolinium fuel pins. In this article, a sensitivity and uncertainty analysis (S/U) has been performed to investigate the effect of gadolinium odd isotopes nuclear cross sections data on the multiplication factor of some LWR fuel assemblies.
11p christabelhuynh 30-05-2020 13 1 Download
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This manuscript presents important material challenges regarding innovative Gen-II/III nuclear systems and research reactors. The challenges are discussed alongside the key achievements so far realised within the framework of 4 EU-funded projects: H2020 IL TROVATORE, FP7 MULTIMETAL, FP7 MATTER and FP7 SCWR-FQT.
7p christabelhuynh 29-05-2020 11 0 Download
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This paper describes six projects, most of which are part of the research portfolio of the EERA JPNM, devoted to qualification, modelling and development of structural and fuel materials for advanced and innovative nuclear systems, with also two examples of projects addressing issues of cross-cutting interest through fusion and fission.
7p christabelhuynh 29-05-2020 10 1 Download
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At the end of the project 27 papers in peer reviewed journals were published and it is expected that the real number will be the double. The training and integration success was evidenced by the fruitful implementation of the Travel Fund as well as the unique schools, e.g. practical and theoretical handling of plutonium.
8p christabelhuynh 29-05-2020 9 0 Download
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This paper will present the progress in the project with respect to liquid metal cooled reactor thermal-hydraulics (liquid metal heat transfer, fuel assembly thermal-hydraulics, pool thermal-hydraulics, and system thermal-hydraulics).
8p christabelhuynh 29-05-2020 10 2 Download
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A key feature of molten salt reactors is the possibility to reconfigure the fuel geometry (actively or passively driven by gravitational forces) in case of accidents. In this regard, the design of reference molten salt reactor of Generation IV International Forum, the MSFR, foresees the Emergency core Draining System (EDS).
14p christabelhuynh 29-05-2020 8 2 Download
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In this paper, is addressed the stability of one of most promising extractants (TODGA, N,N,N0,N0-tetraoctyldiglycolamide) but also the importance of designing realistic model to simulate and study the degradation of the systems.
7p christabelhuynh 29-05-2020 19 1 Download
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In this research, a bi-objective hybrid vehicle routing problem is presented and solved by considering alternative paths, various lengths and reliabilities. The first objective function minimizes overall system costs, fuel consumption, and greenhouse gas emissions, whereas the second objective function maximizes the reliability of the entire system with alternative paths and several reliabilities.
12p tohitohi 22-05-2020 25 1 Download
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The focus on the issues surrounding spent nuclear fuel and lifetime extension of old nuclear power plants continues to grow nowadays. A transparent decision-making process to identify the best suitable nuclear fuel cycle (NFC) is considered to be the key task in the current situation.
17p minhxaminhyeu4 26-06-2019 29 1 Download
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The main objective of nuclear reactor safety is to maintain the nuclear fuel in a thermally safe condition with enough safety margins during normal operation and anticipated operational occurrences. In this research, core flow bypass is studied under the conditions of the unavailability of safety systems. As core bypass occurs, the core flow rate is assumed to decrease exponentially with a time constant of 25 s to new steady state values of 20, 40, 60, and 80% of the nominal core flow rate.
6p minhxaminhyeu3 12-06-2019 17 1 Download