Compact Heat Exchangers Selection, Application, Design and Evaluatio
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Compact Heat Exchangers Selection, Application, Design and Evaluation
Compact Heat Exchangers
Bahman Zohuri
Compact Heat Exchangers Selection, Application, Design and Evaluation
Bahman Zohuri Galaxy Advanced Engineering, Inc. Albuquerque, NM, USA
ISBN 978-3-319-29834-4 ISBN 978-3-319-29835-1 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-29835-1
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This book is dedicated to my daughter Dr. Natasha Zohuri MD She always encouraged me with my publications Bahman Zohuri
Preface
Today’s global energy market, places many demands on power generation technology including high thermal efficiency, low cost, rapid installation, reliability, environmental compliance, and operation flexibility. The demand for clean, non-fossil based electricity is growing; therefore, the world needs to develop new nuclear reactors with higher thermal efficiency in order to increase electricity generation and decrease the detrimental effects on the environment. The current fleet of nuclear power plants is classified as Generation III or less. However, these models are not as energy efficient as they should be because the operating temperatures are relatively low. Currently, groups of countries have initiated an international collaboration to develop the next generation of nuclear reactors called Generation IV. The ultimate goal of developing such reactors is to increase the thermal efficiency from what currently is in the range of 30–35 % to 45–50 %. This increase in thermal efficiency would result in a higher production of electricity compared to current Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) or Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) technologies. A number of technologies are being investigated for the Next Generation Nuclear Pl
