There may be an advantage to designing the HRE-3 vertical shell and tube slurry heat exchanger as a feedwater heater rather than as a steam generator from the standpoint of space requirement and blowdown problems. This study of the effect of this arrangement on the thermal efficiency of the heat-power cycle indicates that the gross electrical generating capacity of HRE-3 would be reduced by about 500-kw, or about 3 to 4% of the output. It is concluded that, (a) there is sufficient merit in using the exchanger as a feedwater heater to warrant continued study of the concept, and (b) …
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There may be an advantage to designing the HRE-3 vertical shell and tube slurry heat exchanger as a feedwater heater rather than as a steam generator from the standpoint of space requirement and blowdown problems. This study of the effect of this arrangement on the thermal efficiency of the heat-power cycle indicates that the gross electrical generating capacity of HRE-3 would be reduced by about 500-kw, or about 3 to 4% of the output. It is concluded that, (a) there is sufficient merit in using the exchanger as a feedwater heater to warrant continued study of the concept, and (b) the effect on the thermal efficiency is so small as to not be a major deciding influence. (auth)
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Robertson, R. C.HRE-3 Blanket Heat Exchanger as a Feedwater Reactor Rather Than as a Steam Generator,
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April 14, 1958;
Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
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