Research Article

Parametric Investigation and Thermoeconomic Optimization of a Combined Cycle for Recovering the Waste Heat from Nuclear Closed Brayton Cycle

Table 2

Comparison between the properties of the present work and those from the published literature [17].

StateT (K)p (bar)h (kJ/kg)s (kJ/kg K)x

8280.02.0−214.1−214.4−0.1060−0.10610.530.53
9280.030.0−211.4−211.6−0.1083−0.10840.530.53
11378.130.0246.3246.71.29071.29240.530.53
12400.030.01547.21549.84.61024.62230.94320.9451
13360.030.0205.8206.11.11851.12010.67630.6760
14360.030.01373.21374.14.15204.15460.99210.9938
15257.02.01148.91177.64.55584.67020.99210.9938
16280.02.01278.71284.65.04615.07340.99210.9938
17400.030.0348.2347.91.55441.55630.41470.4269
18300.030.0−119.0−120.70.21250.21050.41470.4269

: the thermodynamic properties presented in literature [17].
: the thermodynamic properties calculated in this work.