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📘 Chapter 6: Gas Turbine Cycles and Supercritical CO₂
Complementary Resources, Guided Explorations, and Simulation Tools
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📌 6.1.1 Energy and Exergy Balances of the Simple Cycle
Key Concepts Covered:
- Exergy balances and exergy structures of different thermodynamic cycles.
Complementary Resources:
🔄 Guided Exploration
Exergy Balances and Exergy Structures of Different Cycles — Focuses on exergy balances and productive structures for various thermodynamic cycles. GE: BESP-2: Exergy Balances and Productive Structures of Different Cycles →
📌 6.1.2 Cycle Improvements
Key Concepts Covered:
- Regenerative cycle variant and its thermodynamic benefits.
- Fractional compression cycle for improved efficiency.
- High-temperature nuclear cycle using a helium-nitrogen mixture Brayton cycle.
Complementary Resources:
🔄 Guided Explorations
Regenerative Cycle Variant — Exploration of a regenerative gas turbine cycle. GE: C-M2-V2: Regeneration gas turbine →
Fractional Compression Cycle Variant — Exploration of a fractional compression cycle. GE: BESP-2: Exergy balances and productive structures of different cycles →
High-Temperature Nuclear Cycle — Exploration of a helium-nitrogen mixture Brayton cycle with an intermediate heat exchanger, applied to a high-temperature nuclear cycle. GE: C-M4-V4: High temperature nuclear cycle →
📌 6.2 Supercritical CO₂ Cycles
Key Concepts Covered:
- Supercritical CO₂ (sCO₂) cycles and their nuclear applications.
- Span-Wagner CO₂ model for high-precision thermodynamic calculations.
Complementary Resources:
📖 Models and Thematic Pages
Span-Wagner CO₂ Model in CTPlib — High-precision CO₂ model for supercritical thermodynamic calculations. CTPlib: CO₂ Model →
Thematic Page: Supercritical CO₂ Cycles — Comprehensive overview of supercritical CO₂ cycles and their applications. sCO₂ Cycles →
🔄 Guided Exploration
GE: TCNPP-6: Exploring Supercritical CO₂ Nuclear Cycles — Focuses on exergy balances and structures for various thermodynamic cycles, with detailed explanations on external diagrams. GE: TCNPP-6: Exploring Supercritical CO₂ Nuclear Cycles →
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