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: Received: 24 May 2022 / Approved: 31 May 2022 / Online: 31 May 2022 (03:13:28 CEST)
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Smith, J.D.; Buchheit, K.; Al-Rubaye, H.; Usman, S.; Zhou, Y.; Gelles, G. Next Generation Nuclear Power for Non-Power Applications in the Middle-East Region. Preprints2022, 2022050406. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202205.0406.v1
Smith, J.D.; Buchheit, K.; Al-Rubaye, H.; Usman, S.; Zhou, Y.; Gelles, G. Next Generation Nuclear Power for Non-Power Applications in the Middle-East Region. Preprints 2022, 2022050406. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202205.0406.v1
Smith, J.D.; Buchheit, K.; Al-Rubaye, H.; Usman, S.; Zhou, Y.; Gelles, G. Next Generation Nuclear Power for Non-Power Applications in the Middle-East Region. Preprints2022, 2022050406. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202205.0406.v1
APA Style
Smith, J.D., Buchheit, K., Al-Rubaye, H., Usman, S., Zhou, Y., & Gelles, G. (2022). Next Generation Nuclear Power for Non-Power Applications in the Middle-East Region. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202205.0406.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Smith, J.D., Yishu Zhou and Greg Gelles. 2022 "Next Generation Nuclear Power for Non-Power Applications in the Middle-East Region" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202205.0406.v1
Abstract
Small modular reactors (SMR) (<300 MW) offer a potentially attractive nuclear energy option for the middle-east region (MER). Currently, the MER uses a significant amount of fossil fuel to process heat applications such as water desalination and in petroleum refineries and chemical plants, besides generating electricity. SMR technologies represent an opportunity to meet future energy demand in the MER. This paper discusses issues related to the future development and use of SMR technology in nuclear-renewable hybrid energy systems for application in the middle east. SMRs have also been examined as part of a resilient hybrid energy system that combines nuclear energy with renewable energy and traditional fossil energy to produce chemicals, fuels, and electricity. This paper presents the results of a techno-economic analysis of a Nuclear-Renewable-Conventional Hybrid Energy System. The paper concludes that SMR technology will be an essential feature of future hybrid energy systems for the MER.
Keywords
nuclear energy; renewable energy; fossil energy; small modular reactors; resilience; hybrid energy
Subject
Engineering, Energy and Fuel Technology
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