Research Article

Supercritical CO2 Brayton Cycle Design for Small Modular Reactor with a Thermodynamic Analysis Solver

Table 4

Initial cycle parameter for simple and recompression Brayton cycles.

ParameterSimple Brayton cycleRecompression Brayton cycle

Pmin (MPa)7.47.4
Pmax (MPa)2020
Tmin (°C)3232
Tmax (°C)460460
UA/MW/K2LTR/HTR 2.911/2.089
φ0.3
εcom0.890.89
εrecom0.89
εtur0.930.93