SENSITIVITY STUDIES OF THE PREDICTED DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR OF A FULL-SIZE NUCLEAR DUAL-PURPOSE DESALINATION PLANT

摘要

Time response calculations were made for a full-size nuclear dual-purpose desalination plant, consisting of a pressurized water reactor (FWR). heat source and a multistage flash (MSF) evaporator. The various system perturbations calculated included electional load demand changes, MSF plant venting changes, and loss of one or more of the MSF trains. Alternate MSF plant brine flow equations and various plant control schemes were used. The results of this study demonstrate feasible solutions to the problem of maintaining independence between water and power production over a wide operating range. Several problems which may be encountered in the coupling and control of large dual-purpose plants are discussed.