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Desalination in Nuclear Power Plants

  • 1st Edition - April 7, 2020
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Gustavo Alonso, Edmundo Del Valle, Jose Ramon Ramirez
  • Language: English

Desalination in Nuclear Power Plants presents the latest research on a variety of nuclear desalination techniques for different nuclear reactor systems; it includes also several a… Read more

Description

Desalination in Nuclear Power Plants presents the latest research on a variety of nuclear desalination techniques for different nuclear reactor systems; it includes also several aspects regarding competitiveness, sustainability, safety, and licensing process. Authors Alonso, del Valle, and Ramirez explore the possibilities of the cogeneration of water and electricity using a nuclear reactor. This book consolidates the latest research to provide readers with a clear understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of the thermal, membrane, and hybrid desalination processes, along with a comprehensive methodology to guide the reader on how to perform levelized cost analyses for water and electricity. The conditions for the coupling of nuclear reactors and desalination plants are presented, and techniques to maximize water and energy production and to reduce their corresponding costs are provided. Mathematical modeling techniques for different components of the power plant are also included based on mass and energy state equations, as well as different steam currents alternatives for coupling along with a proposed method for their evaluation.

Key features

  • Explains nuclear cogeneration in the context of multiobjective optimized methods and their application in the design of a cogeneration system of water and electricity
  • Explores principles to optimize the cogeneration process from an economic and thermal perspective (exergoeconomic analysis)
  • Includes competitiveness, sustainability, safety, and licensing of the nuclear desalination system

Readership

Nuclear engineers developing nuclear desalination systems; nuclear energy researchers and graduate students focusing on nuclear power and desalination development; government officials in regions seeking alternatives for water and developing nuclear programs

Table of contents

1. Introduction

2. Nuclear reactors

3. Desalination Plants

4. Coupling of nuclear reactors and desalination plants

5. Optimization Methods

6. Thermo-economic analysis

7. Competitiveness and sustainability

8. Safety and Licensing

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: April 7, 2020
  • Language: English

About the authors

GA

Gustavo Alonso

Dr. Alonso is currently a Professor and Deputy-Director at Technical University of Madrid, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering (ETSIAE/UPM). He lectures at graduate and post-graduate levels on various topics such as Air Transport Management and Aerospace Engineering. He is also involved in the organization and management of different courses and seminars and a visiting professor at several Universities.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor and Deputy-Director, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Technical University of Madrid, Spain

ED

Edmundo Del Valle

He was granted a Sc. D. in Physics, M.Sc. in Nuclear Engineering and B.S. in Physics and Mathematics from the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN) in Mexico. He is member of the Academy of Engineering of Mexico and the Mexican Academy of Sciences. His research interests are the development and application of nodal finite element methods to the nuclear reactor physics and engineering. Dr. del Valle is a senior professor and scientist at the National Polytechnic Institute in Mexico. He has published more than 40 peer-reviewed journal papers, and has supervised over 25 graduate students.
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Professor and Scientist, Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Unidad Profesional Adolfo Lopez Mateos, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico

JR

Jose Ramon Ramirez

He is graduated as Doctor in Nuclear Sciences from Autonomous University in State of Mexico, Mexico, M. Sc. And B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the National Polytechnic Institute in Mexico. He is member of the Mexican Nuclear Society and former member of American Nuclear Society. His main interest in research is the nuclear reactor physics and the fuel cycle of nuclear reactors, as well as economic aspects of electricity generation. Dr. Ramirez is a senior scientist at the National Institute for Nuclear Research in Mexico having more than 30 year of experience working in the field of nuclear sciences.
Affiliations and expertise
Senior scientist, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares (ININ-Mexico).

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