A DIGITAL COMPUTER CODE FOR SIMULATING THE DYNAMICS OF DEMONSTRATION SIZE DUAL-PURPOSE DESALTING PLANTS–USING A PRESSURIZED WATER REACTOR AS A HEAT SOURCE

摘要

A digital simulator was. developed for dual-purpose desalination plants of demonstration size (~50 Mgd) in which nultistage flash (MSF) evaporators are coupled to a nuclear power plant through a back-pressure turbine. A pressurized water reactor (FWR) is used as the heat source. This, simulator can calculate the time response of the coupled system, predicting pressures, temperatures, MSF plant liquid levels, reactor power, etc. The reactor, steam generator, and turbine plant system are described. The methods and equations used to describe the plant dynamics are discussed. Some sample results are also presented. The simulator can calculate a 1 hr transient in a 50 stage MSF plant coupled, to the reactor-turbine plant in about 15 minutes on the IBM 360/91 at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.