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High Efficiency UTILITY RESCUE
THE MEANS TO ABUNDANT SAFE CLEAN POWER
IN A WORD,
POWER GENERATION TODAY:
UNSUSTAINABLE!
BUT,
THE FIX IS:
RATIONAL
RESOLVES THE INTRACTABLE
AN ECONOMIC ENGINE !!!
TODAY’S SITUATION
CARBON FOOTPRINT / CLIMATE STRESSOR
TOXIC / PARTICULATE / OZONE / “Dirty” EMISSIONS
HIGH HEALTH COSTS / SAFETY ANXIETIES
(and UNMENTIONABLES)
OVERCOMMITTED GRID, OUTLOOK WORSE
COOLING WATER CHALLENGES / COMPETITOR FOR WATER
N I M B Y
“? SOLUTIONS ?” -- ASTRONOMICAL COSTS
PERSPECTIVE
FIRST:
~ 85% OF ALL POWER FROM STEAM TURBINES
COAL, OIL, GAS FIRED ?NUCLEAR? YES, NUCLEAR!
STEAM POWER PLANTS HAVE 3 POWER MAKING SUB-SYSTEMS:
– STEAM MAKER (SUPPLY)
– STEAM USER (TURBINE w ALTERNATOR)
– STEAM CONDENSER and PRESSURIZING WATER PUMP
COMMON OBSERVATION:
– COAL (ALL FOSSIL) FIRED PLANTS ARE “DIRTY”
– NUCLEAR PLANTS CLEAN, BUT A POTENTIAL TRAGEDY
SECOND: ITS NOT STEAM TURBINE POWER…
IT’S HOW
WE MAKE
STEAM !
A Few Basics
“EFFICIENCY BETTER WITH HIGHER INPUT AND LOWER WASTE HEAT TEMPERATURES”-CARNOT
THE BEST TURBINE BLADES GET BRITTLE AND
BREAK IN STEAM ABOVE 1050ºF
STEAM TO LIQUID BY LAKE OR RIVER WATER
VERY HIGH TEMP REACTOR (VHTR)
HELIUM COOLED
INHERENTLY SAFE / NO MELTDOWN DEMO
NO RADIATION / NO EMISSIONS / NO IONS
NO EXPLOSION POTENTIAL
1650ºF VHTR PROTOTYPES BEING BUILT
SUITABLE TO POWER RECIRCULATING
HELIUM GAS TURBINE ENGINE
# 1. MAX STEAM TEMP < 1000º F
# 2. WASTE HEAT: 80º -100º WATER
COOLED CONDENSER
# 3. VHTR PROTOTYPE REACTOR FAB
CHINA / SO. KOREA (mid 2013)
# 4. NUCLEAR FUEL COSTS
20% of COAL
15% of NAT. GAS ‘14, 5%
average
3% of OIL
Clean Safe LOW COST BEST EMERGING TECHNOLOGY
1. GENERATION IV Very High Temperature Reactor 1650ºF HELIUM HEATER to…
2. …POWER A SPECIALLY TAILORED (LOW PRESSURE RATIO) HELIUM GAS TURBINE WITH
950ºF
DISCHARGE and driving An ELECTRICAL GENERATOR and COMPRESSOR.
3. EXHAUST HELIUM to HEAT EXCHANGERS that:
- GENERATE TYPICALLY 900ºF SUPERHEATED STEAM and…
- COOL HELIUM TO 100ºF COMPRESSOR ENTRY that…
- DELIVERS HELIUM TO THE VHTR and…
- PROVIDES PRESSURE INCREASE FOR TURBINE and LOSSES
4. SUPERHEATED STEAM RUNS A TYPICAL STEAM TURBINE FROM 1500psi / 900F TO A
HARD VACUUM AND ABOUT 90F THAT DRIVES EXISTING ELECTRICAL GENERATOR
5. A STEAM TO WATER CONDENSER SENDS 85F WATER TO HI-PRESSURE PUMP AND THE
‘BOILER’ SIDE OF THE HEAT EXCHANGER
RESULTS
1. EXISTING ‘NEW’ PLANT BACK ON GRID AS QUICKLY AS
OVERHAUL - PRE-PLACEMENT FOR SHORTER SCHEDULE
2. NEW PLANT HAS 50 TO 70% MORE GENERATING
CAPACITY
3. NEW PLANT SAFE, TOTALLY CLEAN, VERY LOW COST FUEL
4. ‘EXISTING PLANT’ PREVIOUSLY FOSSIL FUELED OR
NUCLEAR
That is…
STEAM GENERATOR REPLACEMENT (BOILER)
OF AN EXISTING POWER PLANT.
And it’s…
ABSOLUTELY CLEAN
A SAFE LOW COST MODIFICATION
With a…
HUGE POWER CAPACITY BOOST
RESUME OPERATIONS--SAME SITE
• THE SAME…
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STEAM ROTATING AND CONDENSING SYSTEMS
GRID CONNECTIONS
COOLING WATER
SITE & INFRASTRUCTURE
HUMAN SERVICES ACCOMMODATIONS
THE “UNSUSTAINABLE” FIX! AT VERY LOW KW COST
AN IMPRESSIVE MONEY MAKER !
And…
IT’S THE RIGHT THING TO DO!
The Answer Is Here. The Time Is Now.
Simpkin HiEff Po
“Clever…”
“Impressive…”
“This is how we should do electric power generation.”
“Sustainable...”
Dr. Donald Wilson,
University of Texas,Power
former chair Mechanical
EngineeringModif
Dept.
Ultra
Efficient
Plant
ABSOLUTELY CLEAN
UNIQUE APPLICATIONS SET FOR HELIUM COOLED
REACTORS:
- INTERACTIVE HELIUM TURB/GEN TOPPING SYSTEM ON EXISTING STEAM TURB/GEN
- POWER LEVEL CONTROL WITH CONSTANT STEAM PROPERTIES
- INHERENT HELIUM SAFETY
- HELIUM COOLED REACTOR POWERED SAFE CLEAN HEAT SOURCE CONTROLLABLE
DESIGNATED FLEXIBLE SELECTED PROPERTIES FOR:
– STEAM GENERATION FOR ALL POWER PLANTS
– REFINERY / CHEMICAL PROCESSING
– THAT ALSO GENERATES ELECTRICAL POWER !
- HIGH EFFICIENCY MAINTAINED EVEN DURING PART POWER
- FLEXIBILITY TO LOAD MATCH A RANGE OF STEAM PLANTS with STANDARD SIZE FACTORY
PRODUCED MODIFICATION UNIT
- LOAD FOLLOWING ALL AT HIGH EFFICIENCY !!
- SAME LOW COOLING WATER FOR HUGE KW INCREASE