PBMR (Pty) Ltd. is undertaking the implementation of its demonstration project in Koeberg, South Africa with construction planned to start in 2008. Key test facilities have been completed and full-scale tests of first-of-a-kind components are underway. PBMR (Pty) Ltd., as part of a Westinghouse-led consortium, has been awarded the lead contract for the pre-conceptual design of the NGNP project; which could lead to a major demonstration project in the US some time next decade. Also, PBMR is working with Shaw and Westinghouse to develop several important non-power applications, using the high temperatures available from a 500MWt version of the reactor to produce high pressure steam for oil sands in-situ recovery operations, high temperature energy for steam methane reforming, and for thermal water splitting to produce hydrogen and oxygen. Water splitting offers dramatic improvements in coal-to-methane and coal-to-liquids applications by avoiding the inefficiencies of converting coal to hydrogen, with its associated CO2 emissions. This paper presents an update of the status of this work and the projected uses of this breakthrough nuclear technology.
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ASME 2007 Power Conference
July 17–19, 2007
San Antonio, Texas, USA
Conference Sponsors:
- Power Division
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0-7918-4273-8
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Reiner Kuhr,
Reiner Kuhr
Shaw Stone & Webster Management Consultants, Cambridge, MA
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Ed Wallace,
Ed Wallace
Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (Pty) Ltd., Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa
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Willem Kriel,
Willem Kriel
Westinghouse Nuclear, Lynchburg, VA
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Rene´e Greyvenstein
Rene´e Greyvenstein
Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (Pty) Ltd., Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa
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Reiner Kuhr
Shaw Stone & Webster Management Consultants, Cambridge, MA
Ed Wallace
Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (Pty) Ltd., Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa
Willem Kriel
Westinghouse Nuclear, Lynchburg, VA
Rene´e Greyvenstein
Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (Pty) Ltd., Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa
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POWER2007-22054, pp. 559-565; 7 pages
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April 21, 2009
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Kuhr, R, Wallace, E, Kriel, W, & Greyvenstein, R. "PBMR Update and Status on Process Heat Applications." Proceedings of the ASME 2007 Power Conference. ASME 2007 Power Conference. San Antonio, Texas, USA. July 17–19, 2007. pp. 559-565. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/POWER2007-22054
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