Electronuclear cogeneration plant with light water reactor and system for capturing atmospheric co2 or for desalinating sea water without drawing liquid water therefrom or releasing same into the environment
AssigneeCommissariat A L'energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives
InventorsPhilippe AMPHOUX, Jean-Baptiste DROIN
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Abstract
The invention relates to a nuclear cogeneration plant with a light water reactor (LWR) and a system for capturing atmospheric CO2 or for desalinating sea water without withdrawing liquid water therefrom or releasing same into the environment. The invention essentially consists in using, in combination, a thermal storage loop, arranged between the primary circuit and the secondary circuit of a reactor, with a system for capturing atmospheric carbon dioxide or for desalinating sea water at the condenser of the secondary circuit.
Claims15
An electrocogeneration nuclear installation including:
- at least one nuclear reactor, notably of pressurized water reactor (PWR) type or boiling water reactor (BWR) type, including;
- a first fluidic circuit, called the primary circuit, including at least one first intermediate heat exchanger;
- a second fluidic circuit, called the secondary circuit, including at least one steam generator as a second, intermediate heat exchanger, at least one turbine connected to the second heat exchanger, a condenser connected to the turbine and to the second heat exchanger to cool the steam from the turbine and to convert it back into water and send it to the second heat exchanger;
- an alternator mechanically coupled to the turbine and intended to be connected to a grid;
- a third fluidic circuit configured in a closed loop for storing thermal energy in which circulates a heat transfer fluid, including:
- at least one first tank, called the hot tank, connected to the first intermediate heat exchanger;
- at least one first hydraulic pump connected to the hot tank and to the second intermediate heat exchanger;
- at least one second tank, called the cold tank, connected to the second intermediate heat exchanger;
- at least one second hydraulic pump connected to the cold tank and to the first intermediate heat exchanger;
- at least one heat exploitation system connected in a closed loop to the condenser of the secondary circuit of the reactor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.