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Conference Article: Design of a nuclear desalination facility for Bushehr, Iran

Shiota, Y. (Sasakura Engineering Company Ltd., Osaka (Japan))

Abstract

Three options of coupling schemes were evaluated in order to integrate an MSF desalination plant of 200,000 m3/day with twin PWR units of 3728 MW(th) each for the Halileh Nuclear Power Station in Iran, which were under construction at the time of the investigation: (a) The exhaust steam from a back pressure turbine is fed to the brine heater. (b) The steam extracted downstream of a reheater of the NPP is fed to the brine heater. And (c) Hot water heated by the steam exiting the high pressure turbine of the NPP is fed to the brine heater. Technical and economic advantages and disadvantages of these three options are summarized.

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key words: Gas Cooled Reactor, Nuclear Technology
Reference:
Advisory group meeting and consultancy on experience with nuclear heat applications: district heating, process heat and desalination, 13-15 December 1995 and 7-9 February 1996.
Advisory group meeting on technology, design and safety aspects of non-electrical application of nuclear energy, 20-24 October 1997.
Advisory group meeting on operational modes of nuclear desalination plants, 3-5 November 1997.
Advisory group meeting on materials and equipment for the coupling interfaces of nuclear reactors with desalination and district heating plants, 21-23 April 1998.
International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria)
IAEA-TECDOC--1056, pp:149-154