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How do you transfer the waste heat from the nuclear plant to the industrial processes that would use it in place of oil and gas? Just co-locate them all togeth
by SkyMarshal 5y ago
How do you transfer the waste heat from the nuclear plant to the industrial processes that would use it in place of oil and gas? Just co-locate them all together?
- robonerd 5y agoYou can pipe steam for a few miles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_heating https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_heating Though for industrial purposes (rather than just heating buildings) you'd probably have to be closer.
- ars 5y agoThe waste heat from a power plant (any kind), is not hot enough to make steam, unless you deliberately make it less efficient. You can make hot water though.
- ComputerGuru 5y agoJust a reminder that “steam” does not directly imply any specific temperature threshold as it is a function of relative pressure. Pumped into a (near) vacuum, warm water will turn to “steam.” (Cost of pulling a vacuum not considered.)
- robonerd 5y agoWhat's to say that demand needs to be met with waste heat? Couldn't a plant tap off and sell some of the steam that would otherwise be sent to the turbines?
- jamincan 5y agoYes, and that has been done in the past. It comes at the cost of lower power production, though. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Nuclear_Generating_Station#Bruce_Bulk_Steam_System,_1972%E2%80%932006 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Nuclear_Generating_Stati...
- robonerd 5y ago> It comes at the cost of lower power production Lower electrical production, not lower power production.