Innovative high-temperature reactor

Figure 15.12 Schematic of innovative high temperature reactor.

Table 15.3 Innovative high-temperature reactor proposed design and operating parameters...

Yan, X., et al, (2000), Design innovations in GTHTR300 gas turbine high temperature reactor, Proc. ICONE8, Baltimore, MD, USA, 2-6 April. ... 

Bamert, H., Singh, J. Future Applications of HTR Electricity Production and Process Heat Applications, IAEA Technical Committee Meeting "Development Status of Modular HTRs and their Future Role", November 28.+29. 1994 and ENC Workshop on the Role of Modular High Temperature Reactors in the Netherlands, November 30 and December 1, 1994, ENC, Energy Innovation, Petten, The Netherlands. 

Modular High Temperature Reactor Power Plant Prospects for Capital Costs and Economy, I.A. Weisbrodt, KWU AG/Interatom GmbH, Federal Republic of Germany, Conference on Nuclear Power Plant Innovation for the 1990s, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Boston, US, December 1984. 

Innovative high temperature gas cooled reactors PBMR-400 (ESCOM, South Africa), HTR-PM (INET, China), HTR-F/VHTR (AREVA-CEA, France) ... 

Formation of vinyl acetate by the reaction of ethylene with Pd(OAc)2 via ace-toxypalladation of ethylene and jS-H elimination was discovered by Moiseev in 1960 [37]. Attempted industrial production of vinyl acetate from ethylene and AcOH using the Pd(II) and Cu(II) redox system in a liquid phase was abandoned due to corrosion of reactors by AcOH. Instead, an interesting commercial process in the gas phase using a supported Pd catalyst was developed by Kuraray in Japan [38]. At present, vinyl acetate is produced commercially from ethylene, AcOH and O2 in the gas phase using Pd supported on silica or alumina as a catalyst. It is assumed that rapid conversion of Pd(0) to Pd(OAc)2 with AcOH and O2 is repeated efficiently on the surface of the support at high temperature. Discovery of efficient conversion of Pd(0) to Pd(II) on the surface of the support is a big technical innovation and is applied to other processes. 

Phenix is France s experimental fast breeder reactor that is located in Marcoule and is operated by the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA). The CEA, has decided to renovate the aging plant to extend the life expectancy of the reactor. The program reqnires field inventory and inspection of equipment to support the component life-span evaluation studies. The presence of liquid sodium and the high temperature of the reactor coolant system even at cold shutdown - between 150 and 180°C - make inspection of Fast Breeder Reactors (FBR) a difficult technical challenge. Framatome-ANP has in particular conqileted fom innovative nondestructive tests at Phenix ... 

PI has inspired the development of new equipment as well as new innovative processes. Until now, most efforts were directed toward improved transport properties in chemical reactors to achieve processes, Hmited only by the inherent chemical kinetics. Further activities concern the use of alternative energy resources and nonconventional fluids. The development of structured catalysts and reactors can be considered as a mean for a significant increase of product yield and productivity. It fadhtates the transformation of batch to continuous processes and opens new process windows for the use of high temperature and high reactant concentrations and allows increased process flexibility. 

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