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How to share tacit nuclear knowledge?
Nuclear organisations are struggling to preserve their expertise and knowledge despite the widespread retirement of nuclear experts in the near future. Already, NPPs have noticed that the retiring experts have tacit knowledge, which is difficult to ...
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The classification of knowledge and expertise in Finnish nuclear power plants
The difficulties in sharing tacit knowledge may compromise the safe performance of high-reliability organisations. This threat has been recognised in nuclear power plants worldwide, owing to the risk of simultaneous retirements. In this study, the ...
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A study on a systematic method for evaluating values of raised concerns
The objective of this study is to develop a methodology that can externalise potential concerns and evaluate the values of the concerns raised in corporations. By implementing this methodology into corporate governance, it is expected to improve the ...
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Connecting past and future knowledge to develop strategies for managing nuclear knowledge
Modern organisations try to 'peek' into the future by assessing emerging technologies and new competencies that should shape the future of an enterprise's competitiveness and use the results to establish its strategy today. Governments should have ...
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Assessing and improving the efficiencies of a steam power plant using exergy analysis. Part 1: assessment
Energy and exergy analyses are used to examine the performance of a coal-fired steam power plant and to identify and evaluate possible modifications to improve the efficiency of the plant. The exergy analysis provides a detailed breakdown of the ...
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Assessing and improving the efficiencies of a steam power plant using exergy analysis. Part 2: improvements from modifying reheat pressure
The effect of increasing reheat pressure on the exergy efficiency of a coal-fired steam power plant is investigated. The results show that although the irreversibility rate associated with heat transfer in the steam generator decreases as reheat ...
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Entropy-energy analysis of forced convection in a porous-saturated circular tube considering temperature-dependent viscosity effects
The temperature-dependent viscosity effect on forced convection in a circular tube filled with a porous medium is investigated theoretically. The Darcy flow model is employed and the viscosity-temperature behaviour is described by an inverse-linear ...
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Cooling loads analysis of an endoreversible solar absorption refrigerator cycle
This paper deals with the analysis of the Cooling Loads (CL) of a solar absorption refrigerator. For this purpose, a new Process Conceptual Design (PCD) approach based on equivalent endoreversible model and hierarchical decomposition is developed. ...
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German physical protection concept for the storage of spent fuel elements in transport and storage casks
In this paper, the German physical protection concept for the storage of spent fuel elements in transport and storage casks is outlined. The presentation comprises the legal basis, relevant ordinances and regulatory framework, as well as important ...
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Sustainable energy solution for cogeneration plant in a modern rice mill using paddy husk
As various technological and operational constraints exist in electricity distribution, many rural areas in India are deprived of power from the national electrical grid. In this situation sustainable energy solutions are the most viable and ...
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Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS) controllers: an overview
Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS) controllers have been used in power systems since the 1970s with the objective of improving system dynamic performance. Due to the environmental, right-of-way, and cost problems in both bundled and unbundled ...
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New Static Var Compensator (SVC) based damping control using remote generator speed signal
Rapid advances in Wide-Area Measurement (WAM) and communication technologies have made the use of remote system data/signals for effective control and operation of power systems possible. This paper presents a new concept of damping control of ...
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MATLAB-based modelling of Distribution STATCOM applied to isolated power system
This paper presents the modelling of Distribution Static Compensator (D-STATCOM) used in isolated power systems. The model of D-STATCOM is developed using Power System Block-set (PSB) and Simulink toolboxes of standard MATLAB software. Two ...
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Long-term global vision of nuclear-produced hydrogen
Nuclear energy is the number one candidate to provide the backbone of primary energy procurement for humanity in the present century and beyond. Uranium fuel is abundant, and could become unlimited in the scheme proposed here, making nuclear energy ...
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Hydrogen energy for the transportation sector in China
Hydrogen is a promising energy carrier for providing a clean, reliable and affordable energy supply. This paper provides a blueprint for the hydrogen energy in the transportation sector in the future of China. This paper is divided into three parts. ...
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Technical and economic analyses of a hydrogen-fed gas turbine with steam injection and co-generation
Enel has been working on a hydrogen programme dealing with both hydrogen production and uses. The first phase deals with a hydrogen-fed, gas turbine-based co-generative cycle, in which steam injection in the gas turbine itself is adopted in order to ...
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The US Department of Energy research and development programme on hydrogen production using nuclear energy
As part of the Hydrogen Fuel Initiative proposed by President George W. Bush in 2003, the Nuclear Hydrogen Initiative is developing technologies to provide large amounts of hydrogen without pollution or greenhouse gases. The Nuclear Hydrogen ...
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Michelangelo Network recommendations on nuclear hydrogen production
The Michelangelo Network (MICANET) was started within the 5th EURATOM Framework Programme (FP5) with the objective to elaborate a general European R&D strategy for the further development of the nuclear industry in the short, medium, and long ...
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US work on technical and economic aspects of electrolytic, thermochemical, and hybrid processes for hydrogen production at temperatures below 550°C
Hydrogen demand is increasing, but there are few options for affordable hydrogen production free of greenhouse gas emissions. Nuclear power is one of the most promising options. Most research is focused on high-temperature electrolytic and ...
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Thermodynamic and thermoeconomic comparison of combined cycle cogeneration systems
In this paper, several configurations of combined cycle cogeneration systems are investigated by energy, exergy and thermoeconomic analyses. In each of these configurations, varying steam demand is considered rather than fixed steam demand. Among ...