Review of integration of small modular reactors in renewable energy microgrids

D Michaelson, J Jiang - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Integration of renewable energy sources in the form of microgrids can increase the
resilience of power systems and decrease their carbon footprints. However, renewable …

A global review of PWR nuclear power plants

P Fernández-Arias, D Vergara, JA Orosa - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Featured Application This work shows a global review with three analyses of the PWR
nuclear design:(i) technical evolution;(ii) level of implementation in the world, and (iii) life …

Dynamic modelling, simulation, and control design of a pressurized water-type nuclear power plant

V Vajpayee, V Becerra, N Bausch, J Deng… - … Engineering and Design, 2020 - Elsevier
This article presents an integrated non-linear dynamic model of a Pressurized Water-type
Nuclear Reactor (PWR) and associated plant components for control design and evaluation …

A dynamic model of small modular reactor based nuclear plant for power system studies

B Poudel, K Joshi, R Gokaraju - IEEE Transactions on Energy …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Small modular reactors (SMRs), an emerging nuclear power plant technology, are suitable
for large grids as well as remote load centers and offer load following and frequency …

A lumped-parameter dynamical model of a nuclear heating reactor cogeneration plant

Z Dong, Y Pan - Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Based on the conservation laws of mass, energy and momentum, a lumped-parameter
dynamical model is proposed for the nuclear heating reactor cogeneration plant NHR200-II …

Dynamical modeling and simulation of the six-modular high temperature gas-cooled reactor plant HTR-PM600

Z Dong, Y Pan, Z Zhang, Y Dong, X Huang - Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
The modular high temperature gas-cooled reactor (MHTGR) is a typical small modular
reactor (SMR) with inherent nuclear safety, which has a low average power density about 3 …

Nonlinear dynamic modeling and simulation of a passively cooled small modular reactor

SE Arda, KE Holbert - Progress in Nuclear Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
A nonlinear dynamic model for a passively cooled small modular reactor (SMR) is
developed. The nuclear steam supply system (NSSS) model includes representations for …

Load-frequency control with multimodule small modular reactor configuration: Modeling and dynamic analysis

A Sabir, D Michaelson, J Jiang - IEEE Transactions on Nuclear …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A small modular reactor (SMR) offers a promising means to produce carbon-free power.
Many SMR designs are intended for multiple module operation, whereby several units are …

Automatic generation control for the flexible operation of multimodular high temperature gas-cooled reactor plants

Z Dong, M Liu, Z Zhang, Y Dong, X Huang - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2019 - Elsevier
To balance the intermittent renewable energy (IRE) and to realize its deep penetration, it is
necessary for nuclear power plants (NPPs) to operate with enough flexibility. This necessity …

Safety analysis of an advanced passively-cooled small modular reactor during station blackout scenarios and normal operation with RELAP5/SCDAP

A Fakhraei, F Faghihi, M Amin-Mozafari… - Annals of Nuclear …, 2020 - Elsevier
NuScale reactor design utilizes natural circulation for heat removal in the primary system,
and it is maximized the usage of passive safety systems. Elimination of pumps from the …